Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Leather purse c. 1909-10 More Information
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Leather purse c. 1909-10
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870 – 1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Leather clutch purse c. 1909-10
Leather clutch with gilt tooling and silk lining, gilt bronze clasp
Marks: WIENER/ WERK/ STÄTTE ٭ (inside flap)
Similar design illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte Lederobjekte (Vienna: Museum für angewandte Kunst, 1992) p. 45
Related models illustrated: Vienne 1880-1938: l’Apocalypse Joyeuse (Jean Clair, Editions du Centre Pompidou: Paris, 1986), p. 280; Vienna: Dream and Reality, ed. Hans Hollein & Catherine Cooke (London: Architectural Design Editions, Ltd., 1986) p.38
W: 8 3/4“ x H: 6”
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) France
“Verve” Vol. IX No. 35 & 36 1958
Revue artistique et littéraire paraissant quatre fois par an
Created and editioned at the Mourlot Studio, Paris.
Published by E. Tériade, Paris 1958.
Dimensions:
Book: H 14 1/2” x W: 10 11/16”
Custom leather box: H: 15 13/16” x W: 11 5/8” x D: 2 1/16”
Custom linen case: H: 16 3/4” x 12 5/16” x D: 2 5/8”
Sara Sax / Rookwood Pottery Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau “Poppy” pitcher 1906
SARA SAX (1870-1949)
ROOKWOOD POTTERY Cincinnati, OH
“Poppy” pitcher 1906
High fire ceramic with “Iris” glaze depicting five salmon pink poppies in various stages of blooming all on a rare handled pitcher form.
Marks: RP insignia, VI (1906), SAX (intertwined for Sara Sax), 772
For more information on Rookwood see: The Book of Rookwood Pottery, Herbert Peck (New York: Bonanza, 1968) pp. 60, 63, 64, 112, 140, 146, & 156 ; American Ceramics: The Collection of Everson Museum of Art, ed. Barbara Perry (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1989) p.108.
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