Lot 306
  • 306

Karl Heubler and Albert Reimann

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Karl Heubler and Albert Reimann
  • Footed Box
  • stamped A. Reimann/GESETZLICH GESCHÜTZT

  • silver-plated brass

Provenance

Gansevoort Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, December 14, 2007, lot 105

Literature

Torsten Bröhan and Thomas Berg, Avantgarde Design: 1880-1930, Cologne, 1994, p. 140 (for a related writing set)
Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Modern Art of Metalwork: Bröhan Museum, State Museum of Art Nouveau and Functionalism (1889-1939), Berlin, 2001, pp. 278-283 (for a discussion of the Reimann Schule and related examples) 

Condition

Overall very good condition. With a couple occasional shallow surface scratches. With some areas of tarnish which are visible as dark patches in the catalogue illustration. A very rare design.
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