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Lot 158
Sale 2361 - 20th Century Design
May 18, 2003
9:00AM ET
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PETER BEHRENS ELECT...
PETER BEHRENS ELECTRIC WATER KETTLE (1907)
Manufactured by AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft), Germany
Nickeled brass, wicker; stamped marks. H: 8 in. An iconic early industrial design. Behrens' work for the AEG constitutes the first true foray into the integration of art & industry. Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe all apprenticed in Peter Behrens' architecture office.