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JOSEF SEPP HOFMANN Austrian 1870-1956 Gouache

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JOSEF SEPP HOFMANN Austrian 1870-1956 Gouache
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Mountainous landscape; gouache on paper; mounted on board; signed and attributed to Josef Sepp Hofmann (Austrian, 1870-1956). Gallery label on verso and dated 1944. 13.5 x 18 in. (34.3 x 45.7 cm). Although he considered himself first and foremost an architect, it is his design legacy that is most often celebrated today. His formal inventiveness was endless. This is borne out by his artistic record. While the Hoffmann catalogue raisonné of his architectural work by Eduard Sekler documents approximately 500 commissions, by comparison the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art (MAK) alone has over 5,000 Hoffmann drawings in its collection. This disparity is a testament to his prolific inventiveness as a designer and the degree to which his outpouring in this area exceeded his as role an architect. PROVENANCE: Upper New York Estate