KARL and FRANZ HAGENAUER
About the artist | 1898 – Vienna – 1956/1906 – Vienna – 1986 |
Designed by | Karl Hagenauer 1927, taken up by Franz Hagenauer, Vienna 1981 |
Executed by | Werkstätte Hagenauer, between 1981 and 1987, modell no. 1177 |
Marked | WHW in a circle, HAGENAUER WIEN, MADE IN AUSTRIA |
Dimensions | H 46.6/35 cm, W 20.6 cm |
Material | Nickel-plated brass, glass, excellent original condition |
Provenance | private property, Austria |
Literature | A contemporary photograph has been preserved in the Hagenauer archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. HAF 819 |
The motif of Diana on horseback by Karl Hagenauer, designed for a bookend in 1927 as model number 1487, was taken up again by Franz Hagenauer, adapted and used on a mirror, produced from 1981 as model number 1177.
Sincere thanks to Dr Maria-Luise Jesch, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, Hagenauer archive, for this information.
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