Vally Wieselthier (Vienna 1895-1945 New York), a female head, model number: K 495, Wiener Werkstätte, 1928

a head sculpture with stylised headdress formally matching the base, raised on one side and ending in a ribbon-like projection; red-bodied ceramic, with white engobe and painted with orange, black, blue and light green glaze; small professional restorations; the inside with impressed factory mark WW, Made in Austria, VW, model number 495 and 3 painted in black; height 23.2 cm. (MP)

Literature:
MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number: WWF 110-42-1; Expressive Keramik, catalogue, p. 110, ill. 86, supplement, XVIII; Hörmann, Vally Wieselthier, p. 152, ill. 57, p. 287.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.