Dagobert Peche
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a lacquered and gilded mirror executed by frame maker Max Welz, Vienna for the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria ca 1922.
Richly carved lime wood, gilded and lacquered in an eggshell colour, the reverse with remnants of labels and indistinct markings in ink. 53 x 43 cm.
Peche's drawing for this model of mirror is dated 1922 and is in the MAK's archives.
Minor wear and repairs.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Property of a Swedish Collector
Näyttelyt
The model was exhibited at the World's Fair in Paris in 1925.
Kirjallisuus
MAK (Museum für Angewandte Kunst) Vienna, Wiener-Werkstätte-Archiv, model no. WW 16, design drawing WWE 108, WWMB 57/1416;
L'Autriche á exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes Paris 1925, exhibition catalogue, Wien 1925, ill.
Peter Noever (ed.), "Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte", exhibition catalogue, Neue Galerie New York, New Haven/London 2002, no. 54, p. 237.
This model is also represented in the Neue Galeries' Collection.
Dagobert Peche used this model of mirror in the interior of Wolko Gartenberg's apartment in Vienna early 1920s.
Muut tiedot
Max Welz was an Austrian frame maker acive in Vienna. The company was founded by Max Welz's father Johann in 1870 and then taken over by his son Max (Maximilian) in 1890. Max Welz was a trained sculptor and gilder. He became a member of the Österreichischer Werkbund and came to execute work for, among others, Josef Hoffmann and Dagobert Peche for the Wiener Werkstätte.
Bukowskis wishes to thank Dr. Anne-Katrin Rossberg of MAK (Museum für Angewandte Kunst) for valuable insights during the cataloguing of this item.