Adolf Loos
Rare "Elephant" Trunk Table
Auction Closed
June 8, 06:23 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Adolf Loos
Rare "Elephant" Trunk Table
circa 1903
cerused and ebonized oak
26 7/8 in. (68.3 cm) high
43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm) diameter
August Sarnitz, Adolf Loos 1870-1933: Architecte, critique culturel, dandy, Cologne, 2003, pp. 24 (for a period photograph of the model) and 38 (for a related example)
Walter Zednicek, Adolf Loos: Pläne und Schriften, Vienna, 2004, pp. 98-99, figs 91, 93 (for related examples)
Christian Witt-Dörring, ed., Josef Hoffman: Interiors 1902-1913, exh. cat., New York, 2006, p. 32, fig. 5 (for a period photograph of the model)
Walter Zednicek, Adolf Loos: Pläne und Schriften, Vienna, 2004, pp. 98-99, figs 91, 93 (for related examples)
Christian Witt-Dörring, ed., Josef Hoffman: Interiors 1902-1913, exh. cat., New York, 2006, p. 32, fig. 5 (for a period photograph of the model)