Box Copper Ceramics Figurine by Josef Hoffmann for Klieber Wiener Werkstaette, 1920s

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About This Piece

Vintage Design

Finest as well as rare lidded box made during Art Nouveau Period on behalf of Wiener Werkstaette. Related box is signed at reverse side by signet of Josef Hoffmann & by characters 'MADE IN AUSTRIA' enclosed by square as well as by word mark 'Wiener Werkstätte' as it was used as from the year 1909. The bellied box with lid - based on three feet - is made of copper / its surface is decorated with arched lines as well as with so-said 'Hammerschlagdekor' (= a decorative hammered finish) / the bowl is gilt inside (slight sings of wear at inner side visible). - Finally, the tapered lid is topped with a sculptured ceramics figurine, made in style of Anton Klieber's (1886 - 1971) lovely small 'heart-figurines'. Designer Josef Hoffmann (1870 / Czechia - 1956 / Vienna) = original drawing (made by pencil on paper) deriving from the MAK (= Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna / Austria) - Wiener Werkstaette Archive - existing (a related picture is attached here). Designed before 1910. Short Biography of Josef Hoffmann: - world-famous architect (for example Sanatorium in Purkersdorf / Lower Austria & Palais Stoclet in Brussels) - designer of interiours (for example: Cabaret Fledermaus) as well as of furniture pieces and objects of daily use 1897: Josef Hoffmann was one of the founders of Viennese Secession / he and J. M. Olbrich were the most important architects there 1899 - 1937 Hoffmann was Professor at Viennese School of Applied Arts 1912: Foundation of Austrian so-said Werkbund (J.Hoffmann was member of it until the year 1920) Material: Copper & gilt inside Ceramics (painted & glazed) Vienna / Austria made circa 1910-20 Size: total diameter: 12.0 cm / 4.72 inches diameter at mouth: 9.0 cm / 3.54 inches height: 18.5 cm / 7.28 inches Condition: Very good (there aren't any damages existing) / there are some slight signs of use at bowl's inner side.

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Creator	Josef Hoffmann
Manufacturer	Josef Hoffmann (Designer)
Design Period	1890 to 1919
Production Period	1920 to 1929
Country of Manufacture	Austria
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Vintage, Art Nouveau
Detailed Condition	Excellent — This vintage/antique piece is in near original condition. It may show minimal traces of use and/or have slight restorations.
Product Code	EMT-1580699
Restoration and Damage Details	there aren't any damages existing / there are some slight signs of use at bowl's inner side.
Materials	Ceramic, Copper
Color	Copper
Height	19 cm 18.5 cm
Diameter	12 cm

Shipping & Delivery

Ships from	Austria
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About the Creator

Josef Hoffmann

Architect-designer Josef Hoffmann was born in 1870 in Prinitz, Moravia (now Brtnice, the Czech Republic). He studied architecture at the Senior State Commercial and Technical School in Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic). After a year of practice in Würzburg, Germany, he moved to Vienna, the city where he would remain for the rest of his life. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts there, and, between 1892 and 1895, studied under both Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner. From 1896 to 1897, he worked in Wagner’s Vienna studio. He also became one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists (including Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and others) who favored a modern, experimental approach to the arts. Hoffman’s contributions to several Secession exhibition installations, all influenced by the Art Nouveau-Jugendstil style, helped establish his name. In 1899, he was appointed a professor at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule, a position he held until his retirement in 1936. He taught in the school’s architecture, metalwork, enamel, and applied art departments.

Around 1900, Hoffmann became a proponent of the Gesamtkunstwerk (or total work of art) approach, exemplified through unified architecture and interior design, with an emphasis on craftsmanship. He was cofounder and co-artistic director, alongside Koloman Moser, for the new Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) beginning in 1903. In 1905, he left the Secession, and received the commission to design the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Completed in 1911, the Stoclet was arguably Hoffmann’s most important architectural project.

Throughout his prolific 50-year career, Hoffmann designed everything from textiles to furniture, fashion, jewelry, exhibitions, and buildings for prestigious clients like Lobmeyr and Lötz. Later in his life, he focused primarily on housing projects. Aesthetically, his work evolved from Jugendstil to more minimal, geometric forms and then on toward neoclassicism.

He died in Vienna in 1956.