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WIENER WERKSTATTE Figures Austria 1927 #1096800

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WIENER WERKSTATTE Figures Austria 1927 #1096800
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A very charming pair of ceramic Chinese figures wearing basket hats and reading books. Red, black, yellow, and light green glazes. Designed by Gudrun Baudisch for the Wiener Werkstutte, 1926 - 1930. Marks: "GB - Made in Austria". An impressive 9" ht (23 cm). One is fine, the other had a tiny chip that was professionally restored. What is also very special about these two pieces is that they have the original wicker/rattan hats. Most often these are missing if you do find them. <p> Gudrun BAUDISCH (Pls 1907 - 1982 Salzburg)
Austrian potter and stuccoist. She studied at the Sterreichische undeslehranstalt fur das Baufach und Kunstgewerbe in Graz from 1922 until 1926, where she attended the sculpture classes of Wilhelm Gosser and the ceramic classes of Hans Adametz. In 1926 she became an assistant in the ceramic design section of the Wiener Werkstutte under Josef Hoffmann and from 1930 to 1936 she worked for several ceramic workshops in Vienna. During this time she worked with the architect Clemens Holzmeister and created the stucco ceiling in the Ataturk Palace (1931), in Ankara, Turkey. From 1936 to 1944 Baudisch stayed in Berlin where she made the stucco decoration for the Italian Embassy and also large figural sculptures. In 1940 she married her second husband, businessman Karl Heinz Wittke, who later managed the business side of the Keramik Hallstatt, which Baudisch founded in 1946. While creating her own work in this studio, from 1968 she also made numerous designs ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Fine</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Title:WIENER WERKSTATTE Figures Austria 1927</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York</td></tr>
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