Teapot, with Sketch of Cup

Josef Hoffmann

Associated Names
Josef Hoffmann

Artist, Austrian, 1870 - 1956

There is a large stylized teapot in the center of the image. The teapot has a dark brown body with vertical colored rectangles in yellow, red, and teal. It has a lid with a small red knob, a curved handle with red accents on the right side, and a spout on the left side. The background shows a grid pattern on the paper. In the lower left corner, there is a faint outline of another cup or vessel, sketched in pencil.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and watercolor on blue-lined paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.5 x 21 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.41.35

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, 1974:215.

Inscriptions

lower right monogram

Wikidata ID

Q64591084

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