Lot No. 48


Six designs for vases, Ernestine (Erna) Kopriva


, Vienna, 1930, pencil and body colour on thin cardboard, partly collaged, each 50 x 33 cm. (DRAX)

Lit.:
employment contract of 1 October 1931 between the School of Arts & Crafts, affiliated to the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry, and Ernestine Kopriva (in photocopy)

From Kopriva’s portfolio with which she successfully applied at the School of Arts & Crafts as a teacher in the class of Josef Hoffmann. Immediately after completing her studies in 1919, Kopriva switched to the Wiener Werkstätte as a ceramist.

In 1928, she became Josef Hoffmann’s assistant at the Vienna School of Arts & Crafts for a period of ten years, her focus being on teaching fashion.

27.03.2019 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 6,000.- to EUR 10,000.-

Six designs for vases, Ernestine (Erna) Kopriva


, Vienna, 1930, pencil and body colour on thin cardboard, partly collaged, each 50 x 33 cm. (DRAX)

Lit.:
employment contract of 1 October 1931 between the School of Arts & Crafts, affiliated to the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry, and Ernestine Kopriva (in photocopy)

From Kopriva’s portfolio with which she successfully applied at the School of Arts & Crafts as a teacher in the class of Josef Hoffmann. Immediately after completing her studies in 1919, Kopriva switched to the Wiener Werkstätte as a ceramist.

In 1928, she became Josef Hoffmann’s assistant at the Vienna School of Arts & Crafts for a period of ten years, her focus being on teaching fashion.


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Auction: Design First
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 27.03.2019 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 19.03. - 27.03.2019