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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Lot 55 AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

'Rundes Modell' Flatware Service, designed circa 1906, executed 1907-1909, for Magda Mautner von Markhof, Vienna

Closed8 June 2023

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
'Rundes Modell' Flatware Service, designed circa 1906, executed 1907-1909, for Magda Mautner von Markhof, Vienna
executed by Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna
silver-plated alpaca
comprising 23 pieces:
9 dinner forks
1 dinner knife
2 lunch forks
1 fish fork
3 dinner or serving spoons
7 lunch spoons
each piece monogrammed MM and some with additional hallmarks including WW, JH, JF, and the rose trademark

Magda Mautner von Markhof, Vienna
Thence by descent
Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982

Specialist note

Magda Mautner von Mark grew up in a household surrounded by art and design. Her sister, Ditha, married the influential artist and designer Koloman Moser while Magda herself studied art and painting under the French artist Maurice Denis. Mautner commissioned Josef Hoffmann to furnish her apartment and studio, likely around the time she commissioned this set of flatware. A great supporter of contemporary Austrian art, she continued to fill her space with works from other renowned Austrian artists such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.