Feb 29, 2024 - Sale 2660

Sale 2660 - Lot 215

Price Realized: $ 12,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000

BERTHOLD LOFFLER (1874-1960)

EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH - 60 YEARS JUBILEE. 1908.


41x15½ inches, 104x39¼ cm. Christoph Reisser's Söhne, Vienna.
Condition A-: minor abrasions along sharp crease in bottom text; minor creases and small tears at edges; minor abrasions in image. Matted and framed.

Berthold Löffler studied at the Decorative Arts School in Vienna along with Koloman Moser. Throughout his entire life, he was very active in many fields of the arts, both creating and teaching. In 1906, he founded "Vienna Ceramics," which operated in conjunction with the Wiener Werkstatte. This is the rare smaller format, English version. This format also was printed in French. There is a large two-sheet format, printed in German, with the figure facing the other direction.