Candelabrum Karl Hagenauer ca. 1940
Five flame candelabrum mod. no. 4731, design Karl Hagenauer, manufactured by Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna, circa 1938, brass polished, marked
marked with “wHw” in the circle, “MADE IN/VIENNA/AUSTRIA”, “HAGENAUER/WIEN” bib.: documented photograph, showroom Werkstatte Hagenauer Salzburg 1940, in the Hagenauer Archive at MAK, Vienna, inv. no. HAF 286; comp. documented photograph in the Hagenauer Archive at MAK,Vienna, mod.no. 4731, inv. no. HAF 284
Description
If one didn’t know better, this candelabrum from the Werkstatte Hagenauer could also be regarded as a mid-century Scandinavian design because of its unadorned, modern shape.
In a photograph from 1940, the five-flame candleholder is depicted in the Salzburg showroom of Werkstatte Hagenauer alongside with a wooden toy horse and a lidded box. Karl Hagenauer probably designed the candelabrum in the late 1930s. Reduction as one of the defining stylistic features of Werkstatte Hagenauer is already clearly recognizable in this object, coupled with superb workmanship as can be seen in the perfectly soldered arms.
Beautifully shaped utilitarian objects like this one can be easily embedded in the modern, European design tradition and show that the two masterminds Karl and Franz Hagenauer had their finger on the pulse of the times.
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