Lot No. 5


Vally Wieselthier, (Vienna 1895–1945 New York), a female head with green flower, model number: K 494, Wiener Werkstätte, 1928


Vally Wieselthier, (Vienna 1895–1945 New York), a female head with green flower, model number: K 494, Wiener Werkstätte, 1928 - Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts

Head sculpture on a round base, curved like a ribbon. The large green flower in her hair forms a counterweight to her slanted cap. Red-bodied ceramic, polychrome glazes; impressed factory marks on the underside WW, Made in Austria, monogram VW, model number 494 and impressed numbering 8; height 27.9 cm. (MP)

Literature:
MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number: WWF 110–42–3; Expressive Keramik, catalogue, p. 110, ill. 85, supplement XVIII; Hörmann, Vally Wieselthier, p. 165, ill. 77 and 78, p. 286f.

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

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

11.12.2019 - 16:00

Realized price: **
EUR 16,550.-
Estimate:
EUR 9,000.- to EUR 15,000.-

Vally Wieselthier, (Vienna 1895–1945 New York), a female head with green flower, model number: K 494, Wiener Werkstätte, 1928


Head sculpture on a round base, curved like a ribbon. The large green flower in her hair forms a counterweight to her slanted cap. Red-bodied ceramic, polychrome glazes; impressed factory marks on the underside WW, Made in Austria, monogram VW, model number 494 and impressed numbering 8; height 27.9 cm. (MP)

Literature:
MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number: WWF 110–42–3; Expressive Keramik, catalogue, p. 110, ill. 85, supplement XVIII; Hörmann, Vally Wieselthier, p. 165, ill. 77 and 78, p. 286f.

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: 11.12.2019 - 16:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 06.12. - 11.12.2019


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