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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Starting price
$ 30 000
Auction dateClassic
07.03.2023 14:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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USA, New York
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ID 920214
Lot 73 | JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Side Chair, Model No. 322, designed for the Dining Room of the Sanatorium of Purkersdorf, Austria, circa 1904

produced by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna

stained beech, leather upholstery

38 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 17 in. (98.4 x 43.8 x 43.2 cm)

with paper label marked JACOB & JOSEF KOHN WIEN, branded J. & J. KOHN TESCHEN-AUSTRIA





Literature

S. Blaffer, Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918, exh. cat., Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, 1978, p. 73

C. Wilk, Thonet: 150 Years of Furniture, Woodbury, New York, 1980, p. 67 (for a period photograph of the Purkersdorf Sanitorium, Vienna, circa 1903)

C. Meyer, ed., Josef Hoffmann: Architect and Designer, 1870-1956, exh. cat., Galerie Metropol, New York, 1981, pp. 21-22

D. Baroni and A. D’Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstatte, Milan, 1981, pp. 59 (for a period photograph of the Purkersdorf Sanitorium), 98 (for a sketch of this design), 99 (for a period photograph and this model illustrated in a J. & J. Kohn catalogue)

W. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstatte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932, New York, 1984, pp. 49, 153 (for a period photograph)

G. Breckner, Josef Hoffmann: Sanatorium Purkersdorf, New York, 1985, pp. 67 (for a period photograph), 117 (for a period photograph), 148 (for a period photograph), 152

E. F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann: The Architectural Work, Princeton, 1985, p. 286 (for a period photograph)

K. Varnedoe, Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture & Design, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986, pp. 45 (for a period photograph), 86

J. Kallir, Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstätte, New York, 1986, pp. 56 and 57 (for a period photograph)

D. E. Ostergard, Bent Wood and Metal Furniture, New York, 1987, pp. 104 (for a period photograph), 242-243 (for a period photograph)

P. Noever and O. Oberhuber, Josef Hoffmann: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, Wien, 1987, p. 55 (for this model and a period photograph)

Dr. G. Bott, Sitzgelegenheiten Bugholz und Stahlrormöbel von Thonet, Nuremberg, 1989, p. 238, no. 164

P. Noever, Josef Hoffmann Designs, Munich, 1992, front cover and p. 40, no. 26

G. Zelleke, et al., Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1993, p. 82, no. 50

P. Barnet, Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit, exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, 1993, p. 76

C. and P. Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 118 (for this model and a period photograph)

R. Price, New Worlds: German and Austrian Art 1890-1940, exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2001, p. 426

C. Brandstätter, Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932, New York, 2003, pp. 122 (for a period photograph), 123, 124 (for a period photograph)

P. Noever, Der Preis der Schonheit 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 2003, p. 74 (for period photographs)

G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, Cologne, 2003, pp. 24 (for a period photograph), 25, 26-27 (for a period photograph)

C. Witt-Dorring, Josef Hoffmann: Interiors 1902-1913 exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2006, p. 28

G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Gebruder Thonet Vienna Jacob and Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 64 (for period photograph), 65

V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 658

C. Witt-Dorring and J. Stagg, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932: The Luxury of Beauty, exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2017, pp. 238, 239 (for a period photograph)
Artist:Josef Hoffmann (1870 - 1956)
Medium:Wood
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Austria, Western Europe, Europe
Category:Chair, Side chair
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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