Lot No. 155


Josef Hoffmann, radiator cladding, designed for, inter alia, the Sigmund Berl Villa, Freudenthal (Bruntal), Moravia, Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1919


Josef Hoffmann, radiator cladding, designed for, inter alia, the Sigmund Berl Villa, Freudenthal (Bruntal), Moravia, Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1919 - Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts

spruce, white painted; diamond lattice on the front; professionally restored, signs of age and use; height 124 cm, B.82 cm, depth 35 cm. (MP)

This construction, based entirely on simple lozenge forms, was used by Josef Hoffmann for several devices. Besides Villa Berl in Moravia, also in the textile department of the Wiener Werkstätte.

Literature:
Sekler, Josef Hoffmann, p. 170, no. 220 (Sigmund Berl’s house, Freudenthal (Bruntal), the door between living room and dining room; Völker, Die Stoffe der Wiener Werkstätte, p. 162, no. 293 "Beleuchtungskörperverkaufsraum in der Textilabteilung 1919".

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

12.12.2018 - 16:00

Estimate:
EUR 1,000.- to EUR 1,500.-

Josef Hoffmann, radiator cladding, designed for, inter alia, the Sigmund Berl Villa, Freudenthal (Bruntal), Moravia, Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1919


spruce, white painted; diamond lattice on the front; professionally restored, signs of age and use; height 124 cm, B.82 cm, depth 35 cm. (MP)

This construction, based entirely on simple lozenge forms, was used by Josef Hoffmann for several devices. Besides Villa Berl in Moravia, also in the textile department of the Wiener Werkstätte.

Literature:
Sekler, Josef Hoffmann, p. 170, no. 220 (Sigmund Berl’s house, Freudenthal (Bruntal), the door between living room and dining room; Völker, Die Stoffe der Wiener Werkstätte, p. 162, no. 293 "Beleuchtungskörperverkaufsraum in der Textilabteilung 1919".

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 12.12.2018 - 16:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 07.12. - 12.12.2018

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