MICHAEL POWOLNY
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| About the artist | Judenburg 1871 – 1954 Vienna |
| Designed by | Michael Powolny, Vienna 1907/08 |
| Executed by | Vereinigte Wiener und Gmundner Keramik, around 1912 |
| Marked | 40.: WK, GK, 53, 3, IP |
| Dimensions | H 28.5 cm, W 21 cm, D 11 cm |
| Material | Ceramic, painted black and white, glazed, 7-day movement, movement overhauled by master clockmaker, professionally restored |
| Provenance | private property, France |
| Literature | Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna (MAK), inventory number: WWF 103-178-1; exhibition room, Wiener Werkstätte shop, interior view of the salesroom, Vienna I, Graben 15; contemporary photographs in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives, MAK Vienna, inv. no. WWF 112-39-2; p. 46; W. Neuwirth, Österreichische Keramik des Jugendstils, p. 229 |
We presented this clock model, signed MP (Michael Powolny), already at the XXIV Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2008. Although the MAK archive lists Anton Kling as designer, he was most probably the ceramic painter, while the clock itself was designed by Michael Powolny.
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