Teemaschine

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Designer Albin Müller(German, 1871–1941)German, 1871–1941

ManufacturerManufactured by Metallwarenfabrik Eduard Hueck(German, established 1864)German, established 1864

CultureGerman

Titles

Teemaschine

Datec. 1903

Made inDarmstadt, Germany

MediumCopper and brass

Dimensions12 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (32.1 x 21 x 18.4 cm)

Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects Houston Design Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh

Object number2014.46.A-.F

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

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Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[...]; [Sotheby's New York, Sale N08459, "Deutscher Werkbund to Bauhaus: An Important Collection of German Design," December 14, 2007, Lot 9]; 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.
Published References Innen Dekoration 15 (1904), 156. Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, Darmstadt 1901-1976, vol. 4, Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe, exhibition catalogue (Darmstadt: Mathildenöhe Darmstadt, 1977), 433, no. 429. Carl Bruno Heller, Jugendstil Kunst um 1900, Darmstadt: Roether, 1982), 255. Torsten Bröhan and Thomas Berg, Avantgarde Design 1880-1930 (Köln: B. Taschen, 1994), 80. Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Claudia Kanowski, Modern art of Metalwork: Bröhan-Museum, State Museum of Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalism (1889-1939) (Berlin: The Bröhan- Museum, 2001), 89. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Maker's marks on bottom of .A: "EDUARD HUECK / 2029"
Sticker with barcode on bottom of .A: "3L5NP / N08459 0009"
Sticker on bottom of .D: "SOTHEBY'S / NEW YORK" with "9/6" handwritten in the center
Sticker inside cup of .E: "SOTHEBY'S / NEW YORK" with "9/6" handwritten in the center

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