Bureau on Wheels with Books

Josef Hoffmann

Associated Names
Josef Hoffmann

Artist, Austrian, 1870 - 1956

This is a drawing of a bookshelf and a cabinet. The drawing features a schematic representation of a low, rectangular bookshelf with several shelves filled with books of varying heights. Some shelves have books lying flat, while others have them stacked vertically. The bookshelf is set on small legs or wheels. Next to the bookshelf, there is a narrower, taller cabinet with textured doors that suggest a woodgrain pattern. The drawing is completed with blue ink on a grid paper background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and blue ink over graphite on blue-lined paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.2 x 29.7 cm (8 3/8 x 11 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.41.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Würthle, Vienna); acquired 1971 by the NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:212.

Inscriptions

lower right illegible inscriptions in blue ink and graphite

Wikidata ID

Q64591060

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