PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HIDA TAKAYAMA MUSEUM OF ART
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Side Chair, Model No. 330, designed circa 1901
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Side Chair, Model No. 330, designed circa 1901
manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna
beechwood, leather, brass
38 x 18 1/2 x 19 in. (96.5 x 47 x 48.3 cm)
stamped J.&J. KOHN [illegible] and with paper manufacturer's label
Side Chair, Model No. 330, designed circa 1901
manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna
beechwood, leather, brass
38 x 18 1/2 x 19 in. (96.5 x 47 x 48.3 cm)
stamped J.&J. KOHN [illegible] and with paper manufacturer's label
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 16 January 1997, lot 27
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
C. Holme, The Art-Revival in Austria, New York, 1906, plate C14
J. & J. Kohn factory catalogue, 1916, reprinted 1980, p. 53, No. 330
P. Asenbaum, S. Asenbaum and C. Witt-Dorring, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, p. 294
C. Schorske and R. Waissenberger et al., Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, Vienna, 1985, p. 406
D. E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, New York 1987, p. 111 (for a period photograph), 240 ref. 41B
C. Zetter and K. Zetter-Karner, Wiener Werkstatte Ein Gesamtkunstwerk, Galerie Bei Der Albertina Zetter, Vienna, 2003, p. 44
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstatte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 40
C. and P. Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 123
M. Huey, Viennese Silver Modern Design 1780-1918, exh cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2003, p. 210 (for an illustration)
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan 2008, pp. 72-75 (for related examples) 76 (for period photographs)
J. & J. Kohn factory catalogue, 1916, reprinted 1980, p. 53, No. 330
P. Asenbaum, S. Asenbaum and C. Witt-Dorring, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, p. 294
C. Schorske and R. Waissenberger et al., Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, Vienna, 1985, p. 406
D. E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, New York 1987, p. 111 (for a period photograph), 240 ref. 41B
C. Zetter and K. Zetter-Karner, Wiener Werkstatte Ein Gesamtkunstwerk, Galerie Bei Der Albertina Zetter, Vienna, 2003, p. 44
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstatte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 40
C. and P. Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 123
M. Huey, Viennese Silver Modern Design 1780-1918, exh cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2003, p. 210 (for an illustration)
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan 2008, pp. 72-75 (for related examples) 76 (for period photographs)
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