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Carl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960s

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- CreatorCarl Auböck (Designer)
- DimensionsHeight: 1.19 in. (3 cm)Width: 3.94 in. (10 cm)Depth: 7.49 in. (19 cm)
- StyleMid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacture1960s
- Condition
- Seller LocationBerlin, DE
- Reference Number
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingShips From: Berlin, Germany
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 10 days of delivery.
About the Designer
Carl Auböck
The Viennese artist and designer Carl Auböck is one of the quirkiest and most delightful and collectible of modern designers. A rather odd duck in the world of decorative arts, he was a peculiar talent whose specialties included smaller accessory furnishings and tabletop pieces such as corkscrews, paperweights, letter openers, book ends and bottle stoppers. He rendered these pieces in a combination of metal — most often brass — and such elemental materials as leather, knobby wood and animal horn, creating forms that could be almost surreal, from hands and feet to keys, birds and amoebae.
As a boy, Auböck was precocious and artistic. He studied drawing and at the same time trained in the workshop of his father, a popular maker of traditional bronze figurines and collectibles. In 1919, he went to Germany to study at the Bauhaus, where he was a pupil of the progressive artist and theorist Johannes Ittens. While the Bauhaus is most associated with the rigidly ordered, functionalist architecture of its directors Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the school was in reality a liberal, spirited place — a crucible for imaginative, playful and avant-garde art and design. It was this spirit that imbued Auböck’s work from the time he left in 1921 to return to work with his father in Vienna, and that was passed on to his descendants, who run the atelier that is still in operation today.
Vintage Auböck designs have a special character, a patina that only emphasizes how much the pieces have been loved and used. His small furniture items — leather- or caned-sling magazine racks; free-edge wooden side tables with tubular bronze legs; wicker serving trolleys with turned beechwood wheels — are elegant and purposeful. His bijoux desktop objects, library tools, ashtrays and barware pieces evince a kind of mirthful practicality. They seem to ask: “If you need a corkscrew, or a paperweight, or a candlestick, why not make it fun as well as functional?” And indeed, why not?

A prime source for design enthusiasts the world over, Original in Berlin sells a carefully curated and ever-growing inventory of classics by Scandinavian, French, Italian and American creators —from Paul McCobb, Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson and Finn Juhl to Charlotte Perriand, Giò Ponti and Marco Zanuso — in its 10,000-square-foot Berlin showroom and online. Through its New Originals collection, it also offers new-production pieces of mid-century design by such icons of the movement as Carl Auböck and George Nakashima, using the same materials, molds, and techniques employed for the original. In addition, the dealer works closely with contemporary artists, featuring ceramic works by Californian sculptor Stan Bitters as well as hand-crafted leather chairs by Daniel Wenger. Every vintage piece is inspected and meticulously restored by Original in Berlins small team of skilled in-house craftsmen, who also provide on-demand upholstery and carpentry services.
- Carl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960sBy Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960s.Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
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- Carl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960sBy Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960s.Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Auböck Ashtray, Austria, 1960sBy Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck ashtray, Austria, 1960s.Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
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- Carl Auböck #4206-C Ashtray, Austria 2022By Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck #4206-C ashtray, Austria 2022.Category
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$423 / item - Carl Auböck #4610 Ashtray, Austria, 2022By Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck #4610 ashtray, Austria 2022.Category
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