Mythological figures allowed artists to depict female beauty undisguised. A well-known example in European Fine Art is Titian\u2019s \u201cVenus of Urbino\u201d.
\nKarl and Franz Hagenauer as well, paid homage to female beauty in their famous nudes, and thus, a Reclining Nude can be found as early as 1930, resting on a canap\u00e9 and contemplating herself in a hand mirror, as if oblivious. The scene plays with the coquetry of the seemingly unobserved woman and in its playfulness breathes the frivolous spirit of Art d\u00e9co.
\nThe same motif was taken up again by Werkst\u00e4tte Hagenauer in later years in a slightly modified form. Here, the Reclining Nude rests on a finely curved chaise-longue made of nickel-plated brass,
\nthus, the shiny, silvery base reinforcing the lady’s distant and cool aura.
\nThe motif and manneristic features, such as her elongated limbs, are entirely Art d\u00e9co, while the statuette probably was manufactured in the 1970s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reclining Nude with mirror, Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna, ca.1970, brass cast and nickel-plated, marked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28725,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[416],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28742","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-werkstaette-hagenauer-wien-en","8":"first","9":"outofstock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n