Richard Luksch / Hugo F. Kirsch / Wiener Werkstatte - The Golden Age (Girl with Hour Glass)

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Richard Luksch / Hugo F. Kirsch / Wiener Werkstatte

The Golden Age (Girl with Hour Glass)

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1904

Period 20th century

Origin Vienna

Medium Ceramic, White glaze, Painted gold

Dimension 33.4 cm (13¹/₈ inches)

Designed by: Richard Luksch, 1904
Executed by: Hugo F. Kirsch

This piece was presented for the first time at the 1906 Wiener Werkstätte exhibition "Der gedeckte Tisch" (laid table) as part of an elegant table setting. In addition, the figurine was shown at the 1908 Kunstschau in the flower stand of the breakfast room (room 49) as well as above the showcase by Otto Prutscher from the room of an art lover.

Date: 1904

Period: 20th century

Origin: Vienna

Medium: Ceramic, White glaze, Painted gold

Signature: Signed: WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE (3 lines), W…Kirsch (bottom), LUKSCH (side)

Dimension: 33.4 cm (13¹/₈ inches)

Literature: ref.: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. VI, 1907, p. 472; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XXII, 1908, p. 18; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XXIII, 1908, p. 71; Moderne Bauformen, VII, 1908, pp. 387, 407; W. Neuwirth, Wiener Keramik, Brunswick, 1974, p. 215, ill. 127; W. Neuwirth, Wiener Keramik nach 1900, Hugo Kirsch, 1984, pp. 18, 128 f; A. Husslein-Arco and A. Weidinger (ed.), Belvedere exhibition catalogue, 2008, Gustav Klimt und die Kunstschau 1908, pp. 424 f

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