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Emil Hoppe
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- three designs for two exhibition halls at the 'Kaiser-Jubiläums' exhibition in Vienna
- all signed 'E Hoppe' and dated '07'
- Machine hall: 21cm. high by 41.7cm. wide; industrial hall entrance: 21.7cm. high by 39.1cm. wide; south facing side: 23cm. high by 37.8cm. wide;
- 8¼in., 1ft. 4½in.; 11in., 1ft. 3½in., 9in., 1ft. 2½in.
pencil and colour pencil on paper, one depicting the façade of a machine hall, the other two of the entrance and south facing side of an industrial hall
Literature
Boyd Whyte, 1989, pp. 164, 165, pl.154 and 155 for two of the three drawings;
Katalog der Internationalen Baukunstausstellung Wien 1908, exhibition catalogue, Vienna, 1908, section 39;
'Wettbewerb für die äuszere Fassadendurchbildung der in der projektiert gewesenen Kaiser-Jubiläums-Ausstellung Wien 1908 zu erbauenden zwei Hallengebäude für Industrie und Maschinen', Oesterreichische Konkurrenzen, Vienna, 1908, pp. 25-27.
Catalogue Note
Although Hoppe's design was awarded the first prize, the exhibition was unfortunately cancelled and the buildings were never realised.