JOSEF HOFFMANN
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, Vienna 1919 |
| Executed by | Wiener Werkstätte, model no. M ur 2 |
| Marked | WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3-lines), JH, Made in Austria |
| Dimensions | H 25 cm |
| Material | Brass, polished, white enamel dial, one-week movement, movement has been overhauled by an expert clockmaker, first class original condition |
| Provenance | private collection, Germany |
| Literature | L. Kleiner, Josef Hoffmann, 1927, p. 46; Wiener Werkstätte sales catalogue, 1928, p. 40; P. Noever, MAK (ed.), Yearning for Beauty, The Wiener Werkstätte and the Stoclet House, p. 291; J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Kunst und Handwerk 1903–1932, Vienna, 1982, illus. p. 70; C. Brandstätter, Design der Wiener Werkstätte 1903–1932, Vienna, 2003, p. 291 |
A very similar clock can be seen in one of Josef Hoffmann’s design sketches for a bedroom dating from 1915. An identical clock was in the breakfast room of the Ast country house in Velden am Wörthersee.
M50/22
