Josef Hoffmann
circa 1925
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria
hammered brass
7 3⁄8 x 11 ¾ x 7 3⁄8 in. (18.5 x 30 x 18.5 cm)
stamped WIENER WERKSTATTE MADE IN AUSTRIA and with artist's monogram JH

R. Papini, "Le arti a Parigi nel 1925 - Terzo : I metalli," Architettura e Arti Decorative, Rome-Milan, 1926, no. 1, p. 23
D. Baroni and A. D'Auria, Josef Hoffman e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, p. 138
W. J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstaette: Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 1982, p. 70
Wiener Werkstätte, Atelier Viennois, exh. cat., Galerie CGER, Brussels, 1987, p. 234
P. Noever and O. Oberhuber, Josef Hoffmann, Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, Vienna, 1987, pp. 137, 145
Josef Hoffmann, Designs, exh. cat., MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1992, p. 110, fig. 157; p. 172, fig. 268
Die Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1928. Modernes Kunstgewerbe und sein Weg, Munich, 1994, n.p.
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstaette 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 165
Vienna 1900-1930, Art in the Home, exh. cat., Historical Design Inc., New York, 1997, p. 66
C. Brandstätter, Wiener Werkstätte, Design in Vienna 1903-1932, New York, 2003, p. 297
Yearning for Beauty. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Stoclet House, exh. cat., Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, 2006, p. 330
C. Witt-Dörring and J. Staggs, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932: the luxury of beauty, exh. cat., Prestel Neue Galerie, Munich-New York, 2017, p. 179