SOLD

Hand mirror with graceful female figure

Karl Hagenauer Hagenauer Workshop, Vienna, c.1935 Nickel plated brass Marked: Made in Austria H: 12 inches Karl Hagenauer had studied architecture and design under Josef Hoffmann. After the death of his father Carl in 1928, he took over the business, the renowned Hagenauer workshops, which he managed together with his sister and brother Fran. This mirror reflects the grace and lightness of Karl’s work, in which ornament is freed from the ground, playing like trellis with empty space.