Tea extract jug MT 49

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Tea extract jug, 1924

The MT 49 tea extract jug was designed in 1924 by the designer Marianne Brandt while she was studying at the Bauhaus in Weimar . Today the jug is one of the most important works in the metal workshop, alongside the designs by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Wolfgang Tümpel .

design

Marianne Brandt endeavored to use the simple geometric shapes typical of the Bauhaus , square - circle - triangle as the basis for her design of the jug. As with the ashtray that was created at the same time, the base of the 7.5 cm high tea extract jug is made up of two cross-shaped bars on which the hemispherical body of the jug rests. The top of the jug describes an exact circle on which, asymmetrically arranged, a lid in the form of a flat cylinder is embedded. The spout , a handle in the form of a semicircular disc of - opposite was - held by a triangular connecting element ebony mounted. In addition to this, the handle of the lid was also made of ebony to ensure good thermal insulation. The extract jug was equipped with a removable tea strainer.

The tea extract pot was originally made of sheet brass , which was silver-plated on the inside. In contrast to the earlier works of the metal workshop under Johannes Itten and Gyula Pap , which were characterized by hammered surfaces, the works of Marianne Brandt are characterized by embossed , flat surfaces.

distribution

From June 1924, everyday objects were produced and reproduced in the metal workshop at the Bauhaus , with several students involved in the production. The tea extract pot was given the identifier MT 49 and was made in different materials. The purists among the Bauhaus members criticized the use of valuable materials such as silver and ebony. This is why jugs were made with a nickel silver alloy. The objects were initially made for exhibitions and trade fairs in 1924. Marianne Brandt took part in the Werkbund exhibition "Die Form" in Stuttgart in 1924 with her designs . Due to the high manufacturing costs, the tea extract jug did not go into series production.

In addition to the design of the jug, the metal workshop paid great attention to the functionality of the workpieces:

“We wanted to go back to simple shapes, but the most important thing was: No jug left our workshop that did not pour drip-free. We tried the use and especially the watering ... that was a matter of course for us. "

- Marianne Brandt, 1979

Preserved copies

Today eight copies of the tea extract pot are still known, which Marianne Brandt made in the first year in the metal workshop at the Weimar Bauhaus. The Berlin Bauhaus Archive , the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg , the Bauhaus Museum in Weimar, the collection of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation , the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Neue Galerie in New York and the Comb Teapot Foundation, Statesville (North Carolina, USA). The latter was made in 1927 for the artist Friedrich Jossé from Speyer and was sold to him in the same year for 70 marks. It was auctioned twice within twenty years: on November 22, 1996 at the Cologne auction house Lempertz for 270,000 DM (341,000 DM gross) and on December 14, 2007 at the auction house Sotheby for 361,000 US dollars.

Appreciation

The tea extract jug on a 1998 stamp

Marianne Brandt's small tea extract jug was used as a motif for numerous Bauhaus book covers. In 1998, which gave German Federal Post a miniature sheet "Design in Germany" out on the next to the Wagenfeld lamp , the glass series of Peter Behrens and the Wassily chair no. B 3 of Marcel Breuer and the tea extract pot Marianne Brandt shown has been.

Replicas

Today the Bremen company Tecnolumen , which specializes in high-quality replicas of workpieces by the Bauhaus designers, produces the tea extract jug in two versions (MBEK24): a silver jug ​​with ebony handles and a silver-plated brass jug with black-lacquered handles.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrike Müller, Ingrid Radewaldt, Sandra Kemker: Bauhaus women. Masters in art, craft and design. Elisabeth Sandmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-938045-36-7 , p. 127f.
  2. ↑ Josef Straßer: 50 Bauhaus icons that you should know . Prestel, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7913-4197-2 , pp. 92f.
  3. ↑ Cooperation with industry at: mariannebrandt.de , accessed on October 14, 2015.
  4. ^ All eight documented in: Nina Wiedemeyer (Ed.): Original bauhaus . Prestel, Munich 2019. ISBN 978-3-7913-5903-8 . P. 36ff. Seven of the pots are shown in the catalog.
  5. ↑ Marianne Brandt Tea Infuser, Model No. MT 49 at: kammteapotfoundation.org , accessed on March 4, 2020.
  6. ↑ Anna Brenken: With a teapot the fame came in: Art: das Kunst Magazin (1998.3), p. 46–54.
  7. ^ Deutscher Werkbund to Bauhaus: An important collection of german design. from: sothebys.com , accessed October 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ Product description, p. 78f. on: tecnolumen.de

literature

  • New work by the Bauhaus workshops. (= Bauhaus books . Volume 7). Munich 1925, p. 46.
  • Ulrike Müller, Ingrid Radewaldt, Sandra Kemker: Bauhaus women. Masters in art, craft and design . Elisabeth Sandmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-938045-36-7 .
  • Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell (ed.): Design of the 20th century. Taschen , Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8365-4107-7 , pp. 126–127.
  • Magdalena Droste: bauhaus 1919–1933 . Taschen, Berlin 1990.
  • Klaus Weber (ed.): The metal workshop at the Bauhaus. Exhibition catalog. Berlin 1992.
  • Hans Brockhage, Reinhold Lindner: Marianne Brandt - Have I ever thought of art . Chemnitz 2001, ISBN 3-928678-63-9 .

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