A Wiener Werkstatte Notschrei woven textile designed by Josef Hoffmann

A Wiener Werkstatte Notschrei woven textile designed by Josef Hoffmann, made by Joh. Backhausen & Sohne, decorated with a geometric foliate repeat on a red and brown on a buff ground, unsigned 138 x 126cm.

Literature

Ruth Gronwoldt Art Nouveau Textil-Dekor um1900, page 202 catalogue number 151 (illustrated page 203) for a comparable example.

Kirk Varnedoe Vienna 1900 Art, Architecture & Design, The Museum of Modern Art, page 88 for another example illustrated.