Viennese Art Nouveau, Expressionism, Modern Art
By Widder Auktionen
Nov 28, 2022
Johannesgasse 9-13, 1010 Vienna, Austria, Germany

TERMS OF AUCTION

Extract from the Rules of Procedure, as of April 2022


The auctions are conducted in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Widder Auctions of Kunsthandel Widder GmbH. The exact wording of these rules is available at the auction house and can be downloaded from www.widderauktionen.com.


Estimated prices, starting price, minimum sale price, limit, hammer price

In object descriptions, an upper and lower estimated price is stated in euros. The highest bid is expected within this range. The starting price is also stated online. As a rule, the starting price is the lower estimated price, but it

can be set higher or lower. The auctioneer increases the price by steps of approx. 10%, although it is possible to deviate from this. The highest bid wins, provided that the minimum selling price has been reached. If the seller decides not to sell the object below a fixed price, this is called the minimum sale price or limit. If this is not reached, the sale is considered conditional. Highest bidders are obliged to pay the purchase price within 7 days after invoicing.


Purchase price

The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.

In the case of normal taxation (marked ° ), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. For paintings, watercolors, drawings and sculptures, the statutory sales tax of 13% is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium, for all other objects 20%.


Resale Right

Items marked * are subject to the resale right. This will be charged in the form of a surcharge on the highest bid. It only applies to highest bids over € 2,499.99 and is staggered: for the first € 50,000 4% will be charged. Thereafter, for each additional €150,000, 3% and 1% respectively, and for €500,000 and above, 0.25%. The maximum resale right charge is 12,500 €.


Authenticity guarantee

The auction house vouches for the authenticity of the object to the buyer within two years and guarantees that the object is indeed by the named artist.


Catalog information and description

Details of technique, signature, material, condition, provenance, etc. are provided by experts of the auction house. However, no guarantee is given for the correctness of this information.

The descriptions of the objects mean: first and last name of the artist with life data: an authentic work of the artist. "Signed" or "monogrammed": a clearly attributable work by the artist. "Attributed": a probably, but not necessarily authentic, work by the artist. "Circle": a work created within the artist's sphere of influence. "Inscribed": a probably authentic work, but not signed by the artist's hand. "Workshop": a work created in the artist's immediate environment. "School": a work created in temporal and stylistic proximity to the artist. "Succession": a stylistically related work created in the artist's succession.


Purchase orders

Interested parties may submit purchase orders in writing and online or bid by telephone. A completed and signed bid form must be received in a timely manner prior to the auction. The auction house will bid for written bids up to the stated highest bid.


Telephone Bids

Interested parties have the possibility to bid by telephone. The auction house will make every effort to reach the telephone number provided. If no telephone connection can be established, the auction house can bid for the interested parties up to the lower estimated price of the object. In this case, the auction house is not obliged to execute the bid.

Online Bidding, Live Bidding

Bidders can place pre-bids and bid live on www.widderauktionen.com as well as on external auction platforms.


Insurance

Objects of art are insured against loss and damage until the end of the collection period, up to the amount of the highest bid. Thereafter, the art object is insured only up to a maximum of 6 months after invoicing, if there is no delay in payment.


Place of jurisdiction, choice of law

Place of jurisdiction and place of performance for all legal relationships is 1010 Vienna. Austrian substantive law shall apply.

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LOT 19:

JOSEF HOFFMANN* (Pirnitz 1870 - 1956 Vienna)

JOSEF HOFFMANN*
(Pirnitz 1870 - 1956 ...

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Sold for: €1,200
Start price:
1,000
Estimated price :
€1,000 - €2,000
Buyer's Premium: 24% More details
VAT: 13% On the full lot's price and commission
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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JOSEF HOFFMANN*
(Pirnitz 1870 - 1956 Vienna)
Cup design for the Wiener Werkstätte
Pencil/paper, 21.2 x 29.6 cm
monogrammed JH, stamped ATELIER OB. BAUR. PROF. ARCH. DR. h.c. JOSEF HOFFMANN
provenance: Carla Hoffmann, private collection Vienna

ESTIMATE °€ 1.000 - 2.000
STARTING PRICE °€ 1.000

Josef Hoffmann, student of Otto Wagner, was one of the central figures in Viennese modernity as an architect and designer. In 1903 he founded the Wiener Werkstätte (WW) with Koloman Moser and industrialist Fritz Wandorf, based on the model of the British Arts and Crafts Movement and under the impression of Viennese Art Nouveau. Hoffmann, friends u. With Gustav Klimt and Anton Hanak, one of the most important designers of the WW remained until the bankruptcy in 1932. The Wiener Werkstätte, also referred to as a Wiener Werkstatt, Vienna Workshop, Wiener Werkstaetten or Wiener Werkstätten, had the objective of combining the entire areas of life of man in terms of design in the sense of a total work of art. Customers mainly included artists and the emerging Jewish upper and middle class. Josef Hoffmann's acquaintance with Berta Zuckerkandl led to the first major order: the Purkersdorf sanatorium, by Viktor Zuckerkandl, Berta's Schwager, west of Vienna. Among the employees of the WW were also around a dozen women who were decisive for the change of style from Art Nouveau to the Art Deco of the 20s, e.g. B. Vally Wieselthier, Gudrun Baudisch, Reni Schaschl, Hilda Jesser and Susi Singer. In 1823 Josef Lobmeyr founded. His still existing company in Wiener Weihburggasse. Soon the company became a court supplier Kaiserhaus. Son Ludwig became the most important protagonist of the Austrian-Bohemian glass production and presented the company at the first world exhibitions. In 1864 he was a co -founder of the k. k. Austrian Museums of Art and Industry in Vienna (today: Museum of Applied Arts - Mak). Ludwig's nephew Stefan Rath sen. Lobmeyr led to modernity and in 1912 together with Hoffmnn co -founder of the Austrian Werkbund, to which Josef Hoffmann belonged until 1920. With Josef Hoffmann and the artists of the Wiener Werkstätte, classics, drinking glasses and Lusters were created during this time, some of whom are still produced by Lobmeyr today. The articles were also sold through the branches of the Vienna Werkstätte. The Nazi era survived Josef Hoffmann despite hostility by the Nazi architecture ideologist Paul Schmitthenner unscathed. He was commissioned by the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts to further develop the Vienna Handicrafts Association (an Nazi successor organization of the Austrian Werkbund) as the artistic director. For this purpose, an “artistic experiment” was founded in 1941, in which young artisans were able to continue their training under Hoffmann's instructions. After the Second World War, in 1948, Hoffmann founded the Austrian workshops as the successor to Wiener Werkstätte und Werkbund (ÖWB) - and once again designed for Lobmeyr. A grinded crystal vase like the one shown here was carried out by J. & L. Lobmeyer on behalf of the Ministry of Education for the Triennale in 1954. Hoffmann's tombstone was designed by Fritz Wotruba.

PLEASE NOTE:
The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.

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