Bernhard Pankok

mahogany, leather upholstery

Historical Design, New York
Christie's, New York, December 19, 2006, lot 554
Private collection, Belgium

Weimar, Neues Museum, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit : Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europaïschen Moderne, March 24 - June 23, 2013, illustrated p. 438 in the exhibition catalogue

Magyar Iparművészet: Az Orságos Magyar Iparművészeti Museum és Iskola és a Magya Iparművészeti Társulat Közlönye, exh. cat., Budapest, 1902, pl. 192 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, 1902
Ernst Wasmuth, Turin 1902, exhibition catalogue, Berlin, 1902, pl. 33 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Turin exhibition, 1902
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April - September 1901, pp. 492, 493 for period illustrations of this model in situ at the Internationale Kunstausstellung, Dresden, 1901
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, October 1902 - March 1903, p. 49 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Turin exhibition, 1902
Maurice Rheims, L'Art 1900: ou Le Style Jules Verne, Paris, 1965, p. 216, cat. n. 312 for a related example
Bernhard Pankok 1872-1943: Kunsthandwerk, Malerei, Graphik, Architektur, Bühnenausstattungen, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart Altes Schloss, May 24 - July 29, 1973, Stuttgart, 1973, p. 95 , cat. n. 182 for the Turin exhibition, 1902
Rossana Bossaglia, Ezio Godoli, Torino 1902: Le Arti Decorative Internazionali Del Nuovo Secolo, Milan, 1994, p. 360 for the Turin exhibition, 1902
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, pp. 430-431

Good condition overall. This armchair has been restored under the supervision of Sotheby's, mostly for one crack on the proper right armrest (vertical element). This restoration is only visible upon close inspection. This armchair has been re-varnished at a later stage. A few scratches, scattered small dents and small chips of wood not visually distractive and consistent with age and use. The leather with minor scratches, scuffs and a few small cracks.
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This model was exhibited at both the Internationale Kunstausstellung, Dresden, 1901, and the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, 1902.

A related example of this model is in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession n. 1998.24.