Lot 288
  • 288

Naum Slutzky

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Naum Slutzky
  • A Rare Footed Bowl
  • engraved Slutzky on the underside
  • silver

Provenance

Charles Crodel, Hamburg
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Ein Bauhaus-künstler und Hamburg, Naum Slutzky, 1894-1965, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, May 11 - July 2, 1995

Literature

Ein Bauhaus-künstler und Hamburg, Naum Slutzky, 1894-1965, exh. cat., Hamburg, 1995, no. 36 (for the present lot illustrated)

Catalogue Note


After working as a master goldsmith in the Weimar Bauhaus, Naum Slutzky established himself independently in Hamburg in 1927.  The exquisite simplicity of this bowl is reminiscent of early metal works of the Bauhaus.