An extraordinary Art nouveau goblet
Josef Hoffmann (Pirnitz/Mähren 1870 - Wien 1956), attr.
Lot-No. 478
Vienna, around 1930. Silver, stamped official fineness hallmark with toucan head (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), '800', a clover leaf (trademark Alexander Sturm). Going out from a round foot with vertical flutes, the cup unfolds over a thin stem, which is provided with a circulating sphere of pearls and leaves, to a prominent drinking vessel with ongoing vertical flutes on the wall. H. 28 cm, weight approx. 330 g. - After the bunkruptcy of the 'Wiener Werkstätte' numerous of silver objects from the company Alexander Sturm were produced on behalf by Josef Hoffmann. - Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods. He studied at the Higher State Crafts School in Brno beginning in 1887 and after that at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna by Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner. Together with Koloman Moser he was a founding member and one of the main representatives of the Wiener Werkstätte. In addition to it, Hoffmann has been very successful as an architect: 1904 building and interior decoration of the Purkersdorf Sanatorium, 1905-11 building of Palais Stoclet in Brussels, 1907 Interior decoration of Kabarett Fledermaus in Vienna.
Josef Hoffmann: An extraordinary Art nouveau goblet
Josef Hoffmann (Pirnitz/Mähren 1870 - Wien 1956), attr.
An extraordinary Art nouveau goblet
Lot-No. 478
Vienna, around 1930. Silver, stamped official fineness hallmark with toucan head (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), '800', a clover leaf (trademark Alexander Sturm). Going out from a round foot with vertical flutes, the cup unfolds over a thin stem, which is provided with a circulating sphere of pearls and leaves, to a prominent drinking vessel with ongoing vertical flutes on the wall. H. 28 cm, weight approx. 330 g. - After the bunkruptcy of the 'Wiener Werkstätte' numerous of silver objects from the company Alexander Sturm were produced on behalf by Josef Hoffmann. - Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods. He studied at the Higher State Crafts School in Brno beginning in 1887 and after that at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna by Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner. Together with Koloman Moser he was a founding member and one of the main representatives of the Wiener Werkstätte. In addition to it, Hoffmann has been very successful as an architect: 1904 building and interior decoration of the Purkersdorf Sanatorium, 1905-11 building of Palais Stoclet in Brussels, 1907 Interior decoration of Kabarett Fledermaus in Vienna.