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Wiener Werkstaette brass bound book “Bilder Aus Karlsbad”, Art Nouveau brass embossed front and back panels decorated with stylized flowers and scrolling branches by Josef Hoffmann, c. 1910

Wiener Werkstaette brass bound book “Bilder Aus Karlsbad”, Art Nouveau brass embossed front and back panels decorated with stylized flowers and scrolling branches by Josef Hoffmann, c. 1910
THE VIENNA SECESSION
VIENNA KUNSTGEWERBESCHULE
SCHOOL OF JOSEF HOFFMANN
Architectural vase c. 1905
Glazed earthenware
Marks: Austria 7142, arrow (impressed), 71 79EL0, 4911
H: 11 3/4″ x D: 5 1/2″ x W: 5 1/2″
Price: $4,500
Dimensions: Length: 7 and 5/8 inches x Width: 1 inch
Weight: 3.20 Troy ounces / 99.4 grams / 63.9 pennyweights
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WILHELM AND JOHANN JONASCH Austria
Game table with four drawers c. 1913
Oak, leather top with gold tooled detail
Made by Johann Jonasch (Kunsttischler)
Illustrated: Vienna 1900-1930, Art in the Home,
exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1996), p. 60-1.
Matching dining table illustrated in: Österreichische Werkkultur,
Max Eisler (Wien: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1916) p. 97.
Related tables by Hoffmann illustrated: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April-September 1914, p. 140-4; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April September 1916, pp. 199-200; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Oct.-March 1917, p. 207-8; Möbel des Jugendstils: Sammlung des Österreichischen Museums für angewandte Kunst, Vera J. Behal (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1981), pp. 143-5; Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Daniele Baroni and Antonio D’Auria (Milan: Electa Editrice, 1981). pp 124-125.
H: 31” x W: 27 3/4” x D: 27 3/4”
Price: $35,000
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) France
“Verve” Vol. II No. 8 1939
Revue artistique et littéraire paraissant quatre fois par an
Published by E. Tériade, 4, Rue Férou (VI) Paris
Dimensions:
Book: H: 14 1/4” x W: 10 3/16”
Custom leather box: H: 15 5/16” x W: 11 1/2” x D: 1 5/8”
Custom linen case: H: 16 1/2” x W: 12 1/4” x D: 2 3/8”