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Joseph Maria Olbrich
Description
- Joseph Maria Olbrich
- Decanter
with raised artist's monogram and EDELZINN/ 1865/ E. HUECK
- pewter
Literature
Leo Nachtlicht, Deutsches Kunstgewerbe St. Louis 1904, Berlin, 1904, p. 43 (for a period photograph of this model exhibited within the dining room of the German section at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair)
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Joseph M. Olbrich, 1867-1908: Das Werk des Architekten, Darmstadt, 1967, pp. 156-157
Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, Darmstadt 1901-1976, Vol. 4, Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe, exhibition catalogue, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1977, p. 184, no. 512
Ian Latham, Joseph Maria Olbrich, New York, 1980, p. 148 (for a period illustration of this model with its suite of cups and tray)
Bernd Krimmel et al, Joseph M. Olbrich, 1867-1908 : Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1983, p. 185 and 353 (for a design drawing of the main gate of the Darmstadt Künstlerkolonie showing the detail of its textile ceiling, which is evocative of the stylized orb and curvilinear "feathers" on the base of the present lot, and for an example in the collection of the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt)
Renate Ulmer, Jugendstil in Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1997, pp. 158 and 159 (for a design drawing and illustration of the model)
Condition
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