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Pair of Armchairs, Model No. MR 20, designed 1927, executed before 1931
Details
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1886-1969)
Pair of Armchairs, Model No. MR 20, designed 1927, executed before 1931
produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Josef Müller / Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Germany
painted steel, leather, linen cord
31 ¼ x 21 3⁄8 x 30 in. (79.3 x 54.3 x 76.3 cm) (each)
Pair of Armchairs, Model No. MR 20, designed 1927, executed before 1931
produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Josef Müller / Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Germany
painted steel, leather, linen cord
31 ¼ x 21 3⁄8 x 30 in. (79.3 x 54.3 x 76.3 cm) (each)
Provenance
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 13 December 2019, lot 123
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Christie's, New York, 13 December 2019, lot 123
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
M. Terrier, "Meubles métalliques (les sièges)," Art et Décoration, Paris, February 1930, p. 37
L. Glaeser, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Furniture and Furniture Drawings from the Design Collection and the Mies van der Rohe Archive, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1977, pp. 22-35, figs. 5-7
A. von Vegesack and M. Kries, Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design in Stuttgart, Barcelona and Brno, Milan, 1999, pp. 81-82
H. Reuter and B. Schulte, Mies and Modern Living: Interiors, Furniture, Photography, Ostfildern, 2008, pp. 107, 112
L. Glaeser, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Furniture and Furniture Drawings from the Design Collection and the Mies van der Rohe Archive, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1977, pp. 22-35, figs. 5-7
A. von Vegesack and M. Kries, Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design in Stuttgart, Barcelona and Brno, Milan, 1999, pp. 81-82
H. Reuter and B. Schulte, Mies and Modern Living: Interiors, Furniture, Photography, Ostfildern, 2008, pp. 107, 112
Further details
This model can be found in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (obj. no. 153.2002), the Art Institute of Chicago (ref. no. 1970.403) and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. no. CIRC.861-1968).
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Christina Haselerhansen
Head of Sale