Tray Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstatte ca. 1915
Tray, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstatte, ca. 1915, brass, marked
Description
Josef Hoffmann was one of the leading designers of the Wiener Werkstatte in the 1920s. He designed a wide varity of items from lighting, furniture over tea sets, glasses and to ashtrays and whole smoking sets.
It is perfectly executed and marked at the rim with Wiener Werk Statte in three rows, the “Made in Austria” and the Josef Hoffmann signet “JH”.
ARTIST
Josef Hoffmann (Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna), co-founder of the Viennese Secession and of the Wiener Werkstätte, was an extremely productive and versatile architect and designer. Throughout his career he experimented with various forms, techniques and materials. In his designs, he was striving for a strong reduction of the form to the essential and was a pioneer of geometric Jugendstil. This is how his characteristic geometric style was established. The scope of his designs ranges from buildings and entire interiors, following the concept of the “Gesamtkunstwerk” (total work of art), all the way to small details of everyday life. One of his most significant works is the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, a Gesamtkunstwerk which he executed for a wealthy entrepreneur between 1905 and 1911 in collaboration with, among others, Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser.
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