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Art of Collecting: A Pacific Island Connoisseur of Art and Design
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Seven-Ball Armchair, Model No. 371, designed circa 1907-1908
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Seven-Ball Armchair, Model No. 371, designed circa 1907-1908
stained beech wood, beech plywood, fabric upholstery
43 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (111.1 x 59.7 x 54 cm)
Seven-Ball Armchair, Model No. 371, designed circa 1907-1908
stained beech wood, beech plywood, fabric upholstery
43 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (111.1 x 59.7 x 54 cm)
Provenance
Corporate Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, 12 December 2003, lot 543
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Sotheby’s, New York, 12 December 2003, lot 543
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
"Kunstschau - Wien 1908, I. Architektur," Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Bd. XXIII, Vienna, 1908-1909, p. 37 (for a period photograph of this model at the 1908 Kunstschau)
M. Kammerer, "Die Architektur der 'Kunstschau'", Moderne Bauformen, issue VII, no. 9, Stuttgart, 1908, p. 368 (for a period photograph of this model at the 1908 Kunstschau)
D. E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, pp. 255 and 256 (for a period illustration)
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. 86 (for the side chair version of this model)
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob and Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 208 (for a period illustration), 20
V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 658 (for the side chair version of this model)
M. Kammerer, "Die Architektur der 'Kunstschau'", Moderne Bauformen, issue VII, no. 9, Stuttgart, 1908, p. 368 (for a period photograph of this model at the 1908 Kunstschau)
D. E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, pp. 255 and 256 (for a period illustration)
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. 86 (for the side chair version of this model)
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob and Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 208 (for a period illustration), 20
V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 658 (for the side chair version of this model)
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