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Lot Essay
The cabinet was originally designed for the Music Salon at the Mathildenhöhe Künstlerkolonie, Darmstadt, in 1905.
A similar vitrine is in the permanent collection of the Bröhan Museum, Berlin.
See for comparison:
Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, Darmstadt 1901-1976, Vol. 4, Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe, exhibition catalogue Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1977, pp. 168-169, cat. no. 470
Bröhan-Museum, Bröhan-Museum Berlin, Landesmuseum für Jugendstil, Art Deco und Funktionalismus, 1889-1939, Leipzig, 1998, p. 92, ill. p. 93
Bernd Krimmel, Joseph M. Olbrich 1867-1908, exhibition catalogue, Darmstadt, 1983, cat. no. 351, pp. 306-309 (furniture from the same series illustrated)
Bernd Krimmel und Renate Ulmer, Umelecka Kolonie Darmstadt 1899-1914, exhibition catalogue, Narodni Galerie v Prze, Prague, 1989, pp. 346-448, cat. no. 310
Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 297, pp. 194-195 (furniture from the same series illustrated)
A similar vitrine is in the permanent collection of the Bröhan Museum, Berlin.
See for comparison:
Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, Darmstadt 1901-1976, Vol. 4, Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe, exhibition catalogue Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1977, pp. 168-169, cat. no. 470
Bröhan-Museum, Bröhan-Museum Berlin, Landesmuseum für Jugendstil, Art Deco und Funktionalismus, 1889-1939, Leipzig, 1998, p. 92, ill. p. 93
Bernd Krimmel, Joseph M. Olbrich 1867-1908, exhibition catalogue, Darmstadt, 1983, cat. no. 351, pp. 306-309 (furniture from the same series illustrated)
Bernd Krimmel und Renate Ulmer, Umelecka Kolonie Darmstadt 1899-1914, exhibition catalogue, Narodni Galerie v Prze, Prague, 1989, pp. 346-448, cat. no. 310
Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 297, pp. 194-195 (furniture from the same series illustrated)