JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

SIDE CHAIR, MODEL NO. 371, DESIGNED FOR THE KUNSTSCHAU WIEN, VIENNA, CIRCA 1908

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Side Chair, model no. 371, designed for the Kunstschau Wien, Vienna, circa 1908
produced by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Austria
stained beech, leather upholstery
42 ½ in. (108 cm) high; 16 in. (40.6 cm) wide; 17 in. (43.3 cm) deep
Provenance
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 23, October 1908, p. 37 for the bench
K. Varnedoe, Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture and Design, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986, p. 86
D. Ostergard, Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850–1946, exh. cat., The American Federation of Arts, New York, 1987, p. 255, nos. 54-54a, p. 256, no. 54b for similar examples
A. Duncan, Modernism: Modernist Design 1880-1940, Minneapolis, 1998, p. 117 for example of model
R. Price, New Worlds: German and Austrian Art 1890–1940, Neue Galerie, New York, 2001, p. 426, cat. III.36
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte 1903–1932, Cologne, 2003, p. 25
J. Uhlír, Vom Wiener Stuhl Zum Architektenmöbel: Jacob & Josef Kohn, Thonet und Mundus, Bugholzmöbel vom Secessionismus bis zur Zwischenkriegsmoderne, Vienna, 2009, p. 99, nos. 113, 115 for a similar example

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