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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HIDA TAKAYAMA MUSEUM OF ART
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
'Sitzmachine' Chair, model no. 670, designed circa 1905-08
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
'Sitzmachine' Chair, model no. 670, designed circa 1905-08
laminated wood, bent solid beechwood, turned wood, brass
43 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 33 in. (109.9 x 68 x 83.8 cm)
'Sitzmachine' Chair, model no. 670, designed circa 1905-08
laminated wood, bent solid beechwood, turned wood, brass
43 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 33 in. (109.9 x 68 x 83.8 cm)
Provenance
Wiener Kunst Auktionen, 21 October 1996, lot 523
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
S. Blaffer, Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918, New York, 1978, p. 72
J. & J. Kohn factory catalogue, 1916, reprinted 1980, p. 68, No. 670
P. Asenbaum, et. al., Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, p. 294
D. Baroni, A. D’Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstatte, Milan, 1981, cover and pp. 63 (for an illustration), 101
W. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstatte Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 1982, p. 79
R. Waissenberger, Vienna 1890-1920, Vienna, 1984, p. 126
C. Schorske, R. Waissenberger et al., Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, Vienna, 1985, pp. 409-410
A. von Vegesack, Das Thonet-Buch, Munich, 1987, p. 135
D. E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, New York, 1987, pp. 257-258
G. Bott, Sitz-Gelegenheiten: Bugholz- und Stahlrohrmöbel von Thonet, Nuremberg, 1989, pp. 238-239 ref. 165
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstatte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 35
P. Dunas et al., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 64-65
E. B. Ottillinger, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, 2005, p. 88
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 69 (for a period photograph), 160-162
J. & J. Kohn factory catalogue, 1916, reprinted 1980, p. 68, No. 670
P. Asenbaum, et. al., Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, p. 294
D. Baroni, A. D’Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstatte, Milan, 1981, cover and pp. 63 (for an illustration), 101
W. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstatte Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 1982, p. 79
R. Waissenberger, Vienna 1890-1920, Vienna, 1984, p. 126
C. Schorske, R. Waissenberger et al., Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, Vienna, 1985, pp. 409-410
A. von Vegesack, Das Thonet-Buch, Munich, 1987, p. 135
D. E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, New York, 1987, pp. 257-258
G. Bott, Sitz-Gelegenheiten: Bugholz- und Stahlrohrmöbel von Thonet, Nuremberg, 1989, pp. 238-239 ref. 165
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstatte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 35
P. Dunas et al., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 64-65
E. B. Ottillinger, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, 2005, p. 88
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 69 (for a period photograph), 160-162
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Michael Jefferson
International Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President