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Brass Goblet, c. 1920

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Brass
19.3×14×14 cm

Artists

  • Josef Hoffmann

    (Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)

  • Wiener Werkstätte
Currently on display at OG4
Around 1920, the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) designed a myriad of objects from chased sheet metal, such as these two brass goblets (cf. Brass Goblet). Both objects are characterized by a tent-like foot and a chalice-like cup. The surfaces of both objects boast a hammered finish and reflect the light in an unconventional manner. Repoussé work was highly popular in the early 20th century, and Hoffmann, too, valued this ancient method of treating precious and non-precious metals. Both goblets were executed by the Wiener Werkstätte.

MR, 2023

Object data

Artist/author
  • Design: Josef Hoffmann
  • Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
Title
Brass Goblet
Date
c. 1920
Art movement
Wiener Werkstätte
Category
Arts and crafts
Material​/technique
Brass
Dimensions
19.3×14×14 cm
Signature
On the bottom punchmarked, monogrammed: WIENER WERKSTATT, JH
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4520
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Wien 1900. Aufbruch in die Moderne, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2019 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, ab 15.03.2019).
Keywords
design/arts and craftmug/beaker/gobletornament (round and curved forms)container of metal: bucket/canister/tin

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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