Michael Powolny
CLOCK
Michael Powolny
CLOCK
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1907
Period Early 20th century
Medium Ceramic
Dimension 28.5 x 21 x 11 cm (11¹/₄ x 8¹/₄ x 4³/₈ inches)
Design: Michael Powolny, Vienna 1907/08
Execution: Vereinigte Wiener und Gmundner Keramik, around 1912
Marked: 40.: WK, GK, 53, 3, IP.
Ceramic, painted black and white, glazed, 7-day movement, movement overhauled by master clockmaker, professionally restored
H 28.5 cm, W 21 cm, D 11 cm
We presented this clock model, signed MP (Michael Powolny), already at the XXIV
Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2008. Although the MAK
archive lists Anton Kling as designer, he was most probably the ceramic painter,
while the clock itself was designed by Michael Powolny.
Date: 1907
Period: Early 20th century
Medium: Ceramic
Dimension: 28.5 x 21 x 11 cm (11¹/₄ x 8¹/₄ x 4³/₈ inches)
Provenance: private property, France
Literature:
Ref.: Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna (MAK), inventory number: WWF 103-178-1; exhibition room, Wiener Werkstätte shop, interior view of the salesroom, Vienna I, Graben 15; contemporary photographs in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives, MAK Vienna, inv. no. WWF 112-39-2; p. 46; W. Neuwirth, Österreichische Keramik des Jugendstils, p. 229
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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