Brass, nickel-plated, mirror glass
Austria, Vienna, 1930s
Design: Karl Hagenauer (1906-1986) - Austrian sculptor and designer, son of the founder of the Werkstätte Hagenauer, Carl Hagenauer (1872-1926)
Manufacturer: Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien (1898-1987)
Verso stamped with manufacturer’s signet ‘wHw’ and ‘Karl Hagenauer Wien’ as well as ‘Made in Austria’
Dimensions: 42,5 x 37,5 cm
Very good condition
This wall mirror is designed by Karl Hagenauer, whose objects are characterized by a clear reduction of form; similar mirrors fetch up to €21,000 on the international auction market
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This extraordinary wall mirror made of nickel plated brass is a design by Karl Hagenauer in the 1930s, manufactured by the Hagenauer workshop. The rectangular ornament frame shows a frieze-like, open-work composition of stylized animal figures and geometric abstract forms. The reduced design vocabulary was characteristic for the Hagenauer workshop throughout their time, in addition, geometric patterns and ornaments were quite popular during the Art Deco period and still lasted longer. The mirror glass is framed by a simple, unadorned trim.

The wall mirror is verso stamped with the manufacturer’s signet ‘wHw’ and ‘Karl Hagenauer Wien’ as well as ‘Made in Austria’. It is overall in very good condition with only minimal signs of use. Its dimensions are 42.5 x 37.5 cm.

Werkstätte Hagenauer
The Werkstätte Hagenauer was established in Vienna in 1898 by the father of designer Franz Hagenauer, Carl Hagenauer (1871-1928). The company's most successful products were Viennese Secession metal goods, which were featured in many exhibitions and collected numerous awards. Designs lacked ornamentation, focusing rather on the object's function. The workshop produced figures created by Josef Hoffmann and Otto Prutscher, as well as everyday items like corkscrews, bookends and inkwells, to name a few. Every design emphasized the unique shape and perfect craftsmanship of the object. The Werkstätte Hagenauer was the only place in the world producing this kind of arts and crafts objects. Despite the sculptures being almost a century old, most of them still look extremely contemporary. (cru)

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