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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Lot 436 AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Group of Four Cases and a Portfolio, circa 1910-20

Closed9 December 2022

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USD 5,000–7,000

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Group of Four Cases and a Portfolio, circa 1910-20
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte
?embossed and parcel-gilt leather
largest:
13 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 1/4 in. (35 x 27 1/2 x 1 cm) (folded)
13 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 1/4 in. (35 x 55 x 1 cm) (unfolded)
each impressed WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, one case additionally impressed with artist's monogram and additional monogram, portfolio impressed with a star

Specialist note

An archival photograph of the present lot and related examples is registered in the Wiener Werkstätte Archiva, MAK (Museum für angewandte Kunst), Vienna, under inventory number WWF 110-67-1.