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Butter Knife

Josef Hoffmann Austrian, 1870-1956
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Modern, Level 2, North Wing

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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

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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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Credit Line for Reproduction

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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