ID 880209
Lot 430 | OTTO WAGNER (1841-1918)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 20 000
Armchair, model no. 6518, designed for the Österreichische Postsparkasse, Vienna, circa 1905
produced by Gebruder Thonet, Vienna, Austria
stained beechwood, aluminum, upholstery
31 x 22 1/4 x 19 in. (78.7 x 56.5 x 48.2 cm)
with manufacturer's paper label THONET
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 16 January 1997
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
S. Blaffer, Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918, New York, 1978, p. 37
P. Asenbaum, et. al., Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, pp. 28, 32, 265
P. Asenbaum, et. al., Otto Wagner Möbel und Innenraume, Salzburg, 1984, pp. 44, 85, 214 (for a drawing) 234-235
C. Schorske, R. Waissenberger et al., Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, Vienna, 1985, p. 101
A. Bony, Les Annees 10, Paris, 1991, p. 761
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan 2008, pp. 130-132
| Artist: | Otto Wagner (1841 - 1918) |
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| Artist: | Otto Wagner (1841 - 1918) |
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