Josef Hoffmann designs : MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna / edited by Peter Noever ; with contributions by Hanna Egger [and others].

Author/creator Hoffmann, Josef
Format Book
Publication InfoMunich, Germany : Prestel, ©1992.
Description331 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorNoever, Peter, 1941-
Other author/creatorÖsterreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst.
Other author/creatorHochschule für Angewandte Kunst (Vienna, Austria)
Other author/creatorIBM Gallery of Science and Art.
Uniform titleJosef Hoffmann, 1870-1956. English
Contents Mythos Hoffmann : introduction / Peter Noever -- Vienna 1900 / Hanna Egger -- Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos : the ornament controversy in Vienna / Rainald Franz -- Josef Hoffmann and the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts ; Furniture and wooden objects / Christian Witt-Dörring -- Metal objects / Elisabeth Schmuttermeier -- Textiles, leather objects, and fashion accessories / Angela Völker -- Glass and ceramics / Ernst Ploil -- Architecture and monuments ; The strange objectivity of a mythical artist's hand / Jan Tabor -- Excerpts from "My work" / Josef Hoffmann -- Biography / Brigitte Huck.
General note"Revised and expanded edition of the original German publication 'Josef Hoffmann, Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen' published in conjunction with the Hochschule für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, for the exhibition held at the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, April 2, 1987-July 27, 1992 [i.e. 1991?]. Further venues include Hermitage, St. Petersburg (October 20, 1991-January 7, 1992); Hoffmann's Birth House, Brtnice, Moravia (August 16, 1992-October 18, 1992); IBM-Gallery, New York (November 24, 1992-January 23, 1993"--T.p., verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 327-328) and index.
ISBN3791312294

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NK946.H63 A4 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold