Table Lamp by Karl Hagenauer, 1926

Table lamp with lady and flowers, Karl Hagenauer, Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna, circa 1930, brass cast and polished, marked Werkstätte Hagenauer had been crafting such delightful and charming scenes on everyday objects as early as the 1920s. This table lamp is well-documented in their sales catalog from 1928. At the 1925 Paris World Exposition, Karl Hagenauer represented the Werkstätte Hagenauer through the Austrian Werkbund, showcasing his designs. His lamp designs were awarded both silver and bronze medals. This figurine, with its strikingly simplified yet elegant features, epitomizes Hagenauer’s aesthetic. marked with “MADE IN/AUSTRIA”, “wHw” in the circle “HAGENAUER/WIEN” Bib.: Olga Kronsteiner, Monika Wenzl-Bachmeier (eds.), Hagenauer – Viennese Modernism and New Realism, exhibition catalogue Wagner:Werk Postsparkasse, Vienna 2011, p.39; documented photograph mod. no. 1532 in the Hagenauer Archive at MAK, Vienna, inv. no. HAF 67; documented photograph mod. no. 1560 in the Hagenauer Archive at MAK, Vienna, inv. no. HAF 61;