Bernhard Pankok

executed by the Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, Munich
mahogany with leather upholstery

Historical Design, New York
Christie's, New York, 19 December, 2006, lot 554
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Weimar, Neues Museum, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, 24 March - 23 June, 2013

Magyar Iparművészet: Az Orságos Magyar Iparművészeti Museum és Iskola és a Magya Iparművészeti Társulat Közlönye, exh. cat., Budapest, 1902, pl. 192 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, 1902
Ernst Wasmuth, Turin 1902, exh. cat., Berlin, 1902, pl. 33 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Turin exhibition, 1902
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. VIII, Darmstadt, April 1901 - September 1901, pp. 492, 493 for period illustrations of this model in situ at the Internationale Kunstausstellung, Dresden, 1901
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XI, Darmstadt, October 1902 - March 1903, p. 49 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Turin exhibition, 1902
Maurice Rheims, L'Art 1900: Ou Le Style Jules Verne, Paris, 1965, p. 216, cat. no. 312 for a relatable example
Hans Klaiber, Bernhard Pankok 1872-1943: Kunsthandwerk, Malerei, Graphik, Architektur, Bühnenausstattungen, exh. cat., 24 May - 29 July 1973, Stuttgart, 1973, p. 95 , cat. no. 182 for the Turin exhibition, 1902
Rossana Bossaglia, Ezio Godoli, Torino 1902: Le Arti Decorative Internazionali Del Nuovo Secolo, Milan, 1994, p. 360 for the Turin exhibition, 1902
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, pp. 430-431, illustrated
Thomas Föhl, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, exh. cat., 24 March - 23 June 2013, Weimar, 2013, p. 67, cat. no. 123, illustrated, p. 438

Overall very good condition consistent with age and gentle use. Very minor scattered scuffs to the backrest and the upholsteryis newer. A rare and important chair with a beautiful overall form.
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This model was exhibited at both the Internationale Kunstausstellung, Dresden, 1901, and the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, 1902.

A relatable example of this model is in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 1998.24.