Auction 178A

Art Nouveau - Art Deco

01. July 2025 at 3:00 PM CEST

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01. August 2025

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Art Nouveau - Art Deco
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The auction week in July is going to start with a large selection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco objects. We are delighted to present a number of outstanding works. Particular attention shall be paid to a collection of ivory and chryselephantine figurines comprising almost 50 pieces. The collector concentrated primarily on the lifelike moving figures by Ferdinand Preiss. Preiss' ‚Flame Dancer' from the late 1920s perfectly embodies the joie de vivre of the time. The figure will be called for EUR 15,000.

A series of objects by Louis C. Tiffany and the Tiffany Studios have also been entrusted to us. An imposing 'Apple Blossom' table light from 1904 stands out in particular. With its magnificent multicolored vegetal shade, it will illuminate even the darkest corners. Interested buyers should set aside at least EUR 40,000 for it. The 'Throne' by Carlo Bugatti is also lavishly designed. Ebonized wood, sheet brass and bone adorn the walnut frame, while the backrest, armrests and seat are covered with parchment and painted with japonizing flower motifs. If you wish to own this piece, you should invest EUR 20,000.

Of course, we are also showing traditional French glass from the first third of the 20th century. Our old acquaintance, Emile Gallé, for example, is represented with a rare, flower bulb-like vase from 1897/98. Slightly ribbed diagonally, the vase features an intercalaire decoration with small plates of brownish glass and green-blue powder inclusions with air bubbles. The decoration with parrot tulips is polychrome pastose enameled and heightened with gold. At EUR 5,000, this rare piece should certainly change collections. In contrast to this stands the extremely rare 'Perruches' vase by René Lalique. The design from 1919 shows budgerigars sitting on branches on a sapphire blue background. EUR 18,000 should be granted here.

In the ceramics section, we can once again offer a small collection of eggshell porcelain. Vases and cups are for sale at moderate prices and should find their aficionados. The Hungarian Vilmos Zsolnay provides the main piece of the selection. He is represented with a beautiful vase with handles. The small vase, predominantly in red and blue with gold flecks, presumably made around 1910, will be called at EUR 5,500. In the silver selection, we can offer two coasters from the Wiener Werkstätte. The MAK Vienna has attributed the design to both, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser. They are expected to fetch EUR 2,200.

Even those on a smaller budget will certainly be able to find a piece or two in the selection of over 500 items.

We would be delighted to welcome you to our premises during the preview from June 26!

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Post auction report: Daum, Preiss, Zsolnay, Tiffany, and Bugatti on the road to success!

Despite the extreme heat, the interest in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco items at Tuesday's auction was overwhelming! Numerous customers took part from the air-conditioned coolness of their own four walls on computers and telephones, but some also ventured into our showroom in Theresienstrasse in Munich, which was made bearable by fans. However, the bidding battles that broke out caused even more sweat. Customers fought over the most diverse objects, with the glass vases and bowls from Daum Frères at the forefront. The uncertainty of recent years regarding chryselephantine and ivory figurines seems to have finally been resolved. Of the 42 beautiful pieces from a German private collection, only eight remained unsold! The rare figurine ‘Breasting the Tape’ by Ferdinand Preiss was particularly sought after. The lady in a short dress, touching the invisible tape while running at full speed, was very favorably priced at EUR 1,500 and was raised by several bidders to an impressive EUR 23,000. The success story of the Hungarian ceramist Vilmos Zsolnay remains undimmed, all three lots were popular, especially the ‘Mice’ vase in bronze-brown with sculptural rodents was sold for more than ten times its estimate at EUR 24,000.

Henry van de Velde's charm is also unbroken. His works on offer were also sold in their entirety, with the three rare sauce spoons from Model I from 1903 with whiplash handles fetching the highest hammer price of EUR 22,000. Fortunately, customers' love of Dutch porcelain and ceramics has been rekindled, with 13 of the 14 lots from the Rozenburg factory finding new owners only after fierce bidding. However, the highest hammer price for international porcelain went to a unique goblet by Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone from Denmark from 1922. The footed bowl, as if composed of flowers and leaves in Danish blue and white, was auctioned up to EUR 5,500 by three telephone bidders. However, the absolute highlights of the auction this time came from Italy and the USA. The ‘Throne’ by Bugatti, with its marquetry of bone and brass plates and the delicately painted parchment backs and seats, fetched - hotly contested - EUR 36,000, while the rare Tiffany ‘Apple Blossom’ table light with its bright colors confirmed its estimate of EUR 40,000 and will make its way to the USA.

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