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Josef Hoffmann / Wilhelm and Johann Jonasch / Vienna Secession Game table c. 1913
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
Josef Hoffmann / Wilhelm and Johann Jonasch / Vienna Secession Game table c. 1913
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964) USA
Rosa Covarrubias 1935
Signed: ROSE COVARRUBIAS, 28 FEB 1932, V (in pencil on back); PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL VAN VECHTEN, 146 CENTRAL PARK WEST, CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION (ink stamp on back)
Size: H: 9 7/8” x W: 7 15/16”
PIERRE D’AVESN (1901-1984)
VERLYS Rouen, France
“Egyptian Fan” vase c. 1934
Satin crystal, hand finished in the form of a “winged” vase with “Egyptian Fan” motif
Model illustrated: Verlys catalogue of c. 1934, Pierre d’Avesn Catalogue raisonné, 1920 to 1930 (by Philippe Decelle)
H: 8 ½” x W: 11”