Josef Hoffmann

"Sitzmaschine" Chair

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October 19, 05:39 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from The Stuart Cary Welch Collection

Josef Hoffmann

"Sitzmaschine" Chair

circa 1905

model no. 670

produced by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna, Austria

stained beech wood, iron

39 1/4 x 27 x 43 1/4 in. (99.7 x 68.6 x 109.9 cm)

Daniele Baroni and Antonio d'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, front cover and pp. 63 and 101

Derek E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 258

Christian Brandstätter, Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932, New York, 2003, pp. 82-83

Judith A. Barter, ed., Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 2009, p. 42