About the Artwork
Butter Knife
ca. 1906
Josef Hoffmann
1870-1956
Austrian
Unknown
Silverplate
Overall: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Silver
European Modern Art to 1970
Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund
1985.33.4
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Stamp, on rear of handle: WW [Wiener Werkstaette]
Provenance
Adolphe & Suzanne Stoclet (Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Belgium);by descent to their granddaughter, Nele Haas-Stoclet (Brussels, Belgium);
(Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, USA);
1985-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Neuwirth, W., Josef Hoffmann. Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte. Vienna, 1982, p. 73.
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Josef Hoffmann, Butter Knife, ca. 1906, silverplate. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, 1985.33.4.
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