GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This flower vase, designed by Wiener Werkstätte founder Josef Hoffmann, features an inverted bell-shaped bowl supported by a delicate wirework stand and topped with an openwork band of foliate forms. This bellflower form—as a shape or decorative motif—commonly recurs in Werkstätte design. Mirroring the celebration of natural materials championed by the Arts and Crafts movement at the turn of the 20th century, the malachite cabochons that punctuate the elegant swirls and stylized tendrils and leaves also reflect the Werkstätte’s preference for semiprecious stones used for compositional and artistic effect.
Excerpt from
Samantha Robinson, “Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine” Label text (2004.9), 2014
NOTES
TMS Update - GeoXRef -worked in, birth place (Adolf Erbrich), business location (Wiener Werkstätte) - JBA (10/23/2017)
I uploaded the "Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine" label copy and the 2012 A Guide to the Collection entry to TMS as new Text Entries.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References in TMS.
Audio asset UMOs updated and geo x refs in TMS, by HAB, 1/5/2017
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PROVENANCE
2003: Historical Design Inc. (Denis Gallion), New York, NY
From 2003: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above (accessioned: December 1, 2003)
AUDIO ASSETS
- 94576434: UMO. Dr. Alessandra Comini, lecture, Modern Opulence Symposium - Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine; "A Walk with Wittgenstein: The Cultural Surround of Vienna's Kunstschau of 1908," November 15, 2014
- 94576459: UMO. Kevin W. Tucker, lecture, Modern Opulence Symposium - Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine; "A Look Inside: The Conservation Study and Treatment of the Wittgenstein Vitrine," November 15, 2014
- 140869801: UMO. Samantha Robinson, Gallery Talk, "Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine," January 7, 2015
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[Silver workshop of the Wiener Werkstätte (with Josef Hoszfeld, Werkmeister [master], standing with book), c. 1905. Object Source: Felicitas Kuhn Collection. Image Source: Michael Huey, ed., Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918 (Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003), 199.]
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Neue Galerie~Read a biography of Josef Hoffmann.
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General Description
This flower vase, designed by Wiener Werkstätte founder Josef Hoffmann, features an inverted bell-shaped bowl supported by a delicate wirework stand and topped with an openwork band of foliate forms. This bellflower form—as a shape or decorative motif—commonly recurs in Werkstätte design. Mirroring the celebration of natural materials championed by the Arts and Crafts movement at the turn of the 20th century, the malachite cabochons that punctuate the elegant swirls and stylized tendrils and leaves also reflect the Werkstätte’s preference for semiprecious stones used for compositional and artistic effect.
Excerpt from
Samantha Robinson, “Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine” Label text (2004.9), 2014
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
TMS Update - GeoXRef -worked in, birth place (Adolf Erbrich), business location (Wiener Werkstätte) - JBA (10/23/2017)
I uploaded the "Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine" label copy and the 2012 A Guide to the Collection entry to TMS as new Text Entries.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References in TMS.
Audio asset UMOs updated and geo x refs in TMS, by HAB, 1/5/2017
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
2003: Historical Design Inc. (Denis Gallion), New York, NY
From 2003: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above (accessioned: December 1, 2003)
AUDIO ASSETS
- 94576434: UMO. Dr. Alessandra Comini, lecture, Modern Opulence Symposium - Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine; "A Walk with Wittgenstein: The Cultural Surround of Vienna's Kunstschau of 1908," November 15, 2014
- 94576459: UMO. Kevin W. Tucker, lecture, Modern Opulence Symposium - Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine; "A Look Inside: The Conservation Study and Treatment of the Wittgenstein Vitrine," November 15, 2014
- 140869801: UMO. Samantha Robinson, Gallery Talk, "Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine," January 7, 2015
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