ID 1105302 
Lot 110  | JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000 
Rare and Early Pair of Inlaid Side Chairs for Gustav Pollak, Vienna, 1901-02
executed by Portois & Fix, Vienna
rosewood and satinwood marquetry veneer, hammered brass, velvet upholstery
36 ¼ x 18 ¼ x 18 1⁄8 in. (92.1 x 46.4 x 46 cm)
each with a brass plate stamped 23363
Provenance
Executed for the study of Gustav Pollak, Brahmsplatz 2, Vienna, 1901-1902
Private Collection, Australia
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Innen-Dekoration, Bd. XIII, 1902, pp.133-134 (for images of the Pollak apartment, likely illustrating the current lot, and a discussion of the commission)
E. Seckler, Josef Hoffmann The Architectural Work, Princeton, 1985, pp. 57, 260, 273, (for discussions of the commission)
C. Thun-Hohenstein, M. Boeckl, R. Franz, C. Witt-Dörring, Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956: Progress Through Beauty, Basel, 2021, p. 64, Fig. 3. (for an illustration of the en-suite armchair from this commission exhibited at the recent MAK retrospective)
| Artist: | Josef Hoffmann (1870 - 1956) | 
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| Artist: | Josef Hoffmann (1870 - 1956) | 
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