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Oswald Haerdtl / J. C. Klinkosch Vienna Hand mirror c. 1940
OSWALD HAERDTL (1899-1959) Austria
J.C. KLINKOSCH Vienna
Hand mirror c. 1940
Handwrought and hand hammered silver in a contoured organic form, the top inset panel is turquoise and peach colored champleve enamel with silver cloisons in the form of a meandering branches.
Marks: J.C.K. (maker’s monogram), Klinkosch touch marks, 800 and toucan mark (Vienna silver standard marks)
For more information and other works see: Oswald Haerdtl 1899-1959, introd. Johannes Spalt (Vienna: Hochschule für angewandte Kunst, 1978); Oswald Haerdtl, Architekt und Designer (1899-1959), Adolphe Stiller (Salzburg: Verlag Anton Pustet, 2000); Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, Annelies Krekel-Aalberse (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989).
L: 10 1/2″
Price: $4,200
Haerdtl shared an architectural practice with Josef Hoffmann in the early 1930s, was later honored by the Austrian government to design the Austrian pavilion at the 1937 International Exhibition in Paris.
Oswald Haerdtl / J. C. Klinkosch Vienna Hand mirror c. 1940
GEORGES HUGNET (1906-1974) France
“Tout beau mon Coeur” 1952
Four full-page color lithographs.
Limited edition of 50/50.
Signed: Georges Hugnet
Published by Pierre Seghers, Paris 1952.
Dimensions:
Book: H: 7 3/8” x W: 4 3/8”
Custom leather box: H: 10 1/16” x W: 6 1/8” x D: 1 ¼”
Custom silk slipcase: H: 10 7/8” x W: 6 1/2” D: 2 ½”
Well-known as a writer, critic, collage artist, friend to the Dada and Surrealist movements and bookbinder, Hugnet wrote and illustrated many books, though rarely in the lithographic medium. This is a reissue of his poems first published in 1946, illustrated with his own lithographs.