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Gitterwerk Basket

Gitterwerk Basket

Josef Hoffmann

"Of the metal works issued by the Wiener Werkstätte, flatware, small vessels and boxes, and Gitterwerk (lattice-work) were the leading products. Hoffmann's original Gitterwerk designs were intended for more affordable distribution and, like the painted bud vases (see 2012.32.4.1-2), were made of sheet metal finished with white lacquer. Around 1906 Hoffmann also began to produce similar pieces in silver, exemplified by this pair of mandala-shaped baskets. Gitterwerk was also used in the design of other domestic items such as candleholders, trays, storm lamps, cruet holders, and plant stands. These pieces appeared both in silver plate and white-painted finishes." (Skrypzak, Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s, 67-68)
Artist
Josef Hoffmann
(Austrian, 1870 - 1956)
Title
Gitterwerk Basket
Date
ca. 1906
Medium
Silverplate with glass liner
Dimensions
9 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Barbara Mackey Kaerwer
Accession No.
2012.32.3.2a-b
Classification
Metalwork
Geography
Austria

Related

Unknown owner purchashed from estate of Austrian refugee (unknown location); December 1999, sold by Galerie St. Etienne (New York, NY) to Barbara Mackey Kaerwer (Eden Prairie, MN); 8 November 2012, gifted to Chazen Museum of Art

  • Skrypzak, Joann. "Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s," Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2003. pp. 37, 67-68, no. 40; pl. 10
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "New Acquisitions." Artscene, January-June 2003. p. 5

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