Josef Hoffmann
Bowl

DesignerAustrian, 1870–1956
CultureAustrian
Titles
  • Bowl
Datec. 1920
Made inVienna, Austria
MediumSilver and parcel gilt
Dimensions2 7/8 × 4 in. diameter (7.3 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.53
Non exposé

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Provenance[...]; [Greg Nanamura, New York]; purchased by Margo Grant Walsh; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century,” San Francisco Airport Museums, February 5–August 5, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Noever, Peter, ed. Josef Hoffmann Designs. Munich: Prestel, 1992.

Varnedoe, Kurt. Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture, Design. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1986.

Witt-Dörring, Christian. Josef Hoffmann Interiors 1902-1913. Munich: Prestel, 2006.

Huey, Michael, ed. Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918. Ostfildem-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003.

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