ADOLF LOOS (1870-1933)
Rare Mantel Clock, circa 1900
brass, steel, beveled glass
19 ½ x 16 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (49.5 x 41.9 x 24.7 cm)
ADOLF LOOS (1870-1933)
Rare Mantel Clock, circa 1900
brass, steel, beveled glass
19 ½ x 16 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (49.5 x 41.9 x 24.7 cm)
Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
J. Adlmann, S. Campbell, Vienna Moderne: 1898-1919, exh. cat., Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, p. 32 B. Rukschio, R. Schachel, Adolf Loos: Leben und Werk, Vienna, 1982, pp. 44-45 T. Bröhan, T. Berg, Design Classics 1890-1930, Cologne, 2001, p. 42 R. Price, New Worlds: German and Austrian Art 1890-1940, New York, 2001, p. 422
Christie's would like to thank Burkhardt Rukschio for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.