BERNHARD PANKOK | Armchair

walnut and leather seat

Galerie Franck Laigneau, Paris
Private collection, Belgium, acquired from the above in 2005

Adolf Schneck, Neue Möbel vom Jugendstil bis heute, Munich, 1962, p. 70 for a related example
Sonja Gunther, Interieurs um 1900: Bernhard Pankok, Bruno Paul und Richard Riemerschmid als Mitarbeiter der Verinigten Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, Munich, 1971, pl. 54 for a drawing of the floral carving and pl. 55 for a related example
Bernhard Pankok 1872-1943: Kunsthandwerk, Malerei, Architektur, Bühnenausstattungen, exhibition catalogue, May 24 - July 29,1973, Stuttgart, 1973, p. 70 for a related example
Peter Selz, Art Nouveau: New, revised edition, New York, 1975, p. 112 for a related example
Bernhard Pankok: Malerei, Graphik, Design im Prisma des Jugendstils, exhibition catalogue, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, September 14 - November 9, 1986, pp. 32 et 82 pour des modèles comparables
Klaus-Jürgen Sembach, Art Nouveau, Cologne, 1996, p. 86 for a related example
Werner Adriaenssens et al., Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, p. 427

Good overall condition. The wood presents with some scratches, scuffs and small dents scattered, consistent with age and use. There are a few light cracks, inherent to the aging process of the wood. The wood appears to have been re-varnished at a later time and presents with some rare instances of light staining. The leather seat presents with creases, wear and instances of discolouration. Some tears to the leather along the proper right corners of the seat have been professionnally stabilized. The tears along the front right corner is larger and runs on the side on approximately 14 cm. All consistent with age and use.
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Four examples of this armchair are known. One example was bought by the Landesgewerbeamt, Stuttgart in 1899 at the exhibition Deutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden, and is now in the collection of the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart. A second example, owned by Bernhard Pankok and sharing the same woven tapestry seat as the above, was sold at Sotheby's London (6 November, 2008, lot 20). A third example, with leather seat and sharing close stylistic similarities to the offered lot, is illustrated in Schneck, op. cit..