LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Copper-plated brass, brass, steel, beveled crystal

Measurements:

21.38 in. (54.30 cm.) (height) by 16.26 in. (41.30 cm.) (width) by 10.24 in. (26.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

"Wien um 1900: Klimt, Schiele und ihre Zeit," Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1989; "Adolf Loos," Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, December 2, 1989-February 25, 1990

Literature:

ILLUSTRATED; Wien um 1900: Klimt, Schiele und ihre Zeit, exh. cat., Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1989, p. 399, cat. no. 577; Burkhardt Rukschio, ed., Adolf Loos, exh. cat., Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Wien, 1989, p. 464, fig. 292; RELATED EXAMPLES; Burkhardt Rukschcio and Roland Schachel, Adolf Loos: Leben und Werk, Vienna, 1982, pp. 44, 45; Siegfried Wichmann, Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, Boston, 1984, p. 187; Torsten Bröhan and Thomas Berg, Design Classics 1890-1930, Cologne, 2001, p. 42; Renée Price, ed., New Worlds: German and Austrian Art 1890-1940, New York, 2001, p. 422

Provenance:

House of Decorative Arts, London; Courtney Ross-Holst, New York; Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004