KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918) AND THERESE TRETHAN (1879-1957) FOR WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
GROUP OF THREE CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD TOYS, CIRCA 1905
£6,250
Decorative Arts: Design Since 1860
Auction: 11 April 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
MAN, in a spotted cloak, maker's mark to base WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, with stamped artist's and maker's marks, 21cm high; WOMAN, unmarked (damage to one arm), 15cm high; CHILD, unmarked, 9.5cm high (3)
Footnote
Literature: cf. Rudolf Leopold (ed.), Koloman Moser. 1868-1918, Exhibition Catalogue, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Munich 2007, p. 90
Note: Instilling the notion of Gesamtkunstwerk at an early age was important to the group and so the making of children's toys were an integral part of the production program of the Wiener Werkstätte.