Designer unknown (Canadian?) pair of tables in lacquered wood and metal in the style of Marcel Breuer, ca. 1930s. Table at left: unknown weaver or weavers, Loheland Schule, Rhön, Germany, woven runner in shades of yellow and yellow-beige, ca. 1960s. Purchased at the Loheland Schule, 1999; Marianne Brandt, Shallow Metal Bowl, 1928, stainless steel remake of original chrome plated bronze model, marked “Oficina Alessi, Italy” and “Bauhaus Model” (Serena Keshavjee) Originally designed and manufactured in the Metal Workshop at the Dessau Bauhaus, where Brandt was one of the few women, she went on to become one of the most important metal product designers in Germany. A star student of László Moholy-Nagy, Brandt was also known for her photomontages; Canadian Art (Summer 1949), with a reproduction of a work by Fritz Brandtner on the cover. In 1928 Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Brandtner emigrated to Winnipeg bringing with him work in German Modernist styles. Prior to his emigration, on trips from his native Danzig to Berlin, he visited centers of German modernism such as the Kronzprinzenpalais of the National Gallery, as well as private galleries that showed art by Bauhaus masters such as Klee, Kandinsky, Moholy-Nagy and Feininger. He claims to have visited the Dessau Bauhaus, a short train ride from Berlin. Brandtner worked simultaneously in Expressionist, Cubist and abstract styles in Winnipeg, and spoke about the Bauhaus with Winnipeg Modernist Lyonel LeMoine FitzGerald. After his move to Montreal in 1934, Brandtner pioneered progressive childrens’ art education in that city, prior to the arrival of Arthur Lismer in 1940. Table at right: László Moholy-Nagy and Hajo Rose (?), designer, two Jenaer Glas Durax brochures, n.d. (ca. 1930s); Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1.5 Liter Tea Pot in heat-resistant glass with infusion insert, designed 1931. Jenaer Glas, edition ca. 2010s sold through the Museum of Modern Art design shops; Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Tea Pot with infusion insert, Wagenfeld Edition 1997-2005, hand made/mouth blown by Schott Jenaer Glaswerk (Michael Nesbitt). On a trip to Europe in September 1958, Andor Weininger and Eva Fernbach Weininger visit the Wagenfelds in Stuttgart and participate in the “Schlemmerfest,” meeting many former Bauhaus friends there for the first time in decades. (Unless otherwise indicated, items are from a private collection)