Josef Hoffmann

Desk

New York Gantry Point Warehouse

Lot Closed

March 12, 04:56 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Josef Hoffmann

Desk

designed 1901

model no. 500/6, variant

produced by J & J Kohn, Vienna, Austria

oak, suede, brass

30 x 42 ¾ x 23 ½ in. (76.2 x 108.6 x 59.7 cm)

Jacob and Josef Kohn, sales catalogue, Vienna, 1912, p. 51

Dorothee Müller, Klassiker des modernen Möbeldesign, Munich, 1980, p. 69

Ghenete Zelleke, Eva B. Otllinger and Nina Stritzler, Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of Fren and Manfred Steinfeld, Chicago, 1993, p. 85 (for a related example)

Giovanni Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Grebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 202-203 (for a related example)