Lot 211
Lot 211
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HIDA TAKAYAMA MUSEUM OF ART
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Side Chair, Model No. 330, designed circa 1901

Price Realised USD 2,520
Estimate
USD 5,000 - USD 7,000
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

Side Chair, Model No. 330, designed circa 1901

Price Realised USD 2,520
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Price Realised USD 2,520
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Details
manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna
beechwood, leather, brass
38 x 1812 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
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, et al., Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, 1981, p. 294
C. Schorske. 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, 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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