Candlestick

Designer Richard Riemerschmid(German, 1868–1957)German, 1868–1957

ManufacturerManufactured by Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk(German, established 1897)German, established 1897

CultureGerman

Titles

Candlestick

Datedesigned c. 1897

Made inGermany

MediumBronze

Dimensions14 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (37.5 × 16.8 cm)

Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh

Object number2014.43

Non exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Margo Grant Walsh Collection of Architect-Designed Metalwork

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[...]; [Sotheby's New York, Sale N08459, "Deutscher Werkbund to Bauhaus: An Important Collection of German Design," December 14, 2007, Lot 3]; acquired by [Historical Design, New York]; purchased by Margo Grant Walsh, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.

“Recent Accessions in Design,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 18–August 10, 2014.
Published References Kunst und Handwerk 47 (1897-1898), 324. Dekorative Kunst 3, (1899), 152 and 209. Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 3 (1898-1899), 127. Winifried Nerdinger, Richard Riemerschmid. Vom Jugenstil zum Werkbund, (München: Prestel , 1982), 273. Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger, Art Nouveau in Munich, Masters of Jugendstil (Philadelphia: Prestel, 1988), 111. Gisela Haase et al., Jugendstil in Dresden: Aufbruch in die Moderne (Wolfratshausen: Minverva, 1999), 330. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Maker's make on bottom: "Geschützt"

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