Pill box
Josef Hoffmann was a pivotal figure in the development of modern design during the early 20th century in Europe, through his co-founding (with Koloman Moser) of the Wiener Werkstatte in 1903. This pill box represents Hoffmann's design approach during the early years of the Wiener Werkstätte, when he would often incorporate curvilinear, organic motifs common to the then-fashionable Jugendstil and Art Nouveau styles.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pill box
- Artist: Wiener Werkstätte
- Artist: Bertold Löffler (Austrian, Liberec (Bohemia) 1874–1960 Vienna)
- Artist: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
- Date: ca. 1910
- Medium: Brass
- Dimensions: 2021.54.59ab : 1 × 2 1/4 in., 0.1 lb. (2.5 × 5.7 cm, 36.288g)
- Classification: Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020
- Object Number: 2021.54.59a, b
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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