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Oscar Bach Bronze Wall Mirror
Oscar Bach (German, 1884-1957). Ornate openwork bronze wall mirror with arched top having a gadrooned, scrolling leaf and mask reticulated border centering a conforming mirror. Unsigned.
German-born Oscar Bach was one of the most talented and commercially successful metalworkers in America during the first half of the twentieth century. His work ranges from small decorative objects to architectural elements, which reference arts and crafts, gothic, renaissance and baroque revival, as well as art deco styles. After studying and working in europe and winning the grand prize at the world’s exposition in turin for a bed he designed for Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1911, he moved to new york and opened a metal design studio with his brother Max. Bach exhibited his work routinely at the metropolitan museum of arts’ industrial art exhibitions as well as other museums.
The architectural league of new york awarded him a medal of honor for design and craftsmanship in industrial art in 1926, and he received countless commissions for domestic and public architectural projects including the woolworth building, riverside church, toledo museum of art, temple emanu-el, cranbrook school, the chrysler building, and radio city music hall. Bach successfully retailed his metalwork throughout the United States through department stores such as manhattan’s b. altman, joseph horne in pittsburgh, and toldeo’s forster-smith. Many prominent homes and public buildings across the united states featured his metalwork, and his designs helped define taste and style for his era.
34 /14" high x 21 1/2" wide x 1" deep.
Condition: Very good, of substantial weight, with traces of gilt to frame. The mirrored glass is a replacement
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