Josef Hoffmann designs
By: edited by Peter Noever ; with contributions by Hanna Egger ... [et al.].
Contributors: Noever, Peter, 1941-; Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst.
Publisher: Prestel; Distributed in the USA and Canada by te Neues Pub. Co.
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Munich, Germany; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
Subjects: Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, 1870-1956 -- Exhibitions; Decorative arts -- Austria -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-328) and index.
"Revised and expanded edition of the original German publication 'Josef Hoffmann, Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen' published ... for the exhibition held at the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, April 2, 1987-July 27, 1992"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Mythos Hoffmann / Peter Noever; title: Vienna 1900 / Hanna Egger; title: Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos / Rainald Franz; title: Josef Hoffmann and the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts ; Furniture and wooden objects / Christian Witt-Dörring; title: Metal objects / Elisabeth Schmuttermeier; title: Textiles, leather objects, and fashion accessories / Angela Völker; title: Glass and ceramics / Ernst Ploil; title: Architecture and monuments ; The strange objectivity of a mythical artist's hand / Jan Tabor; title: Excerpts from "My work" / Josef Hoffmann; title: Biography / Brigitte Huck.