Table lamp
Josef Frank
(1885–1967)
Wiener Werkstätte
(1903–1932)
about 1919
Medium/TechniqueBrass; modern fabric shades
DimensionsHeight: 28 5/8 in. (72.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Margaret K. Koerner and Joseph Leo Koerner family
Accession number2012.125
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenancePhillip Häusler (b. 1887 – d. 1966), Vienna [see note 1]. Private collection, Vienna; June 14, 2006, anonymous (Viennese private collection) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 7, to Joseph and Margaret Koerner, London and Cambridge, MA; 2012, gift of Joseph and Margaret Koerner to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)
NOTE:
[1] Philipp Häusler was a designer for the Wiener Werkstätte, who served in an organizational role from 1920 to 1925. When the lamp was sold at auction in 2006, it was consigned with a number of other objects that had come from Häusler’s collection.
NOTE:
[1] Philipp Häusler was a designer for the Wiener Werkstätte, who served in an organizational role from 1920 to 1925. When the lamp was sold at auction in 2006, it was consigned with a number of other objects that had come from Häusler’s collection.
late 18th century
about 1715
about 1805