Ball Programme
1909 (made)
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Josef Hoffman studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Carl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner and was influenced by their theories of a functional, modernist architecture. After winning the Rome prize in 1895 and joining Wagner's office, he established his own office in 1898 and taught at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule from 1899 to 1936. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, an avant-garde group of artists and architects. In 1903 he founded the Wiener Werkstätte with Koloman Moser. Hoffman's earliest works reflect the Vienna Secession's variant of Art Nouveau and his later work shows a pioneering use of geometric and abstract design. His most famous building, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, built 1905-1911, exemplifies the ideal of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk' or 'total work of art'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gilt brass, leather and printed paper |
| Brief description | Gilt metal cover, leather spine, printed paper, Vienna, Wiener Werkstatte, 1909, probably designed by Josef Hoffmann. |
| Physical description | Ball programme. Gilt metal cover, leather spine. The metal embossed and inscribed CONCORDIA BALL 1909 and inscribed on the reurn of each panel, WIENER WERKSTATTE. The gilt metal covers identically decorated with a central oval panel containing a double leaf motif and the inscription CONCORDIA BALL 1909. The surround with a stamped embossed pattern of scrolls and bell shaped flowers. A plaited gilt ribbon threaded through eyelets in the red leather spine and a gilt rope and fastening attached to clasps on the edge of the back cover. On the lower returns of the metal covers brought over marbled end papers, the stamped signature of the WIENER WERKSTATTE. The programme contains printed lists of dances, unused, attached by means of the plaited, gilt ribbon brought through from the spine. |
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| Object history | "Concordia" was an association of journalists and writers and their annual ball was one of the highlights of the Viennese social calendar. |
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| Summary | Josef Hoffman studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Carl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner and was influenced by their theories of a functional, modernist architecture. After winning the Rome prize in 1895 and joining Wagner's office, he established his own office in 1898 and taught at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule from 1899 to 1936. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, an avant-garde group of artists and architects. In 1903 he founded the Wiener Werkstätte with Koloman Moser. Hoffman's earliest works reflect the Vienna Secession's variant of Art Nouveau and his later work shows a pioneering use of geometric and abstract design. His most famous building, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, built 1905-1911, exemplifies the ideal of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk' or 'total work of art'. |
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| Accession number | M.63-1967 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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