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Witzmann Carl

TABLE CLOCK

TEFAF MAASTRICHT 2023 EN
Print
About the artist 1883 – Vienna - 1918
Designed by Carl Witzmann
Executed by Wiener Werkstätte, 1918, model no. 2215
Marked on the movement: PMK, M. & SOHN/KARLSTEIN; the clock is unmarked
Material Alpaca, silver plated, hammered, chased dial with blued steel hands, brass 8-day movement, very good original condition
Dimensions H 21 cm, W 14 cm, D 8.5 cm
Provenance private property, Austria
Literature Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte model book, model no. 2215

Designed at the beginning of 1918, the clock was one of the last works by this very talented artist, who died at the age of 35. According to the Wiener Werkstätte archives, only two such clocks were executed by Wiener Werkstätte. In terms of shape and technical execution, it resembles the clocks designed by Witzmann's teacher Josef Hoffmann in the early years of Wiener Werkstätte.

 

Sincere thanks to Mag Hölters (MAK) and Dr Anne Rossberg (MAK) for their kind support in identifying this clock.

 

Cat. no. M23/63


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