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Josef Hoffmann

Pair of Rare Easy Chairs

Lot Closed

April 27, 08:33 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Josef Hoffmann

Pair of Rare Easy Chairs


circa 1902

executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna

stained beech, brass tacks, velvet upholstery

30 ½ x 24 ¼ x 24 ½ in. (77.4 x 61.5 x 62.2 cm) each

Macklowe Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above
Josef Hoffmann Sanatorium Purkersdorf, exh. cat., Galerie Metropol, New York, n.d., pp. 38-41 (for a related model)
Josef Hoffmann Architect and Designer 1870-1956,
exh. cat., Galerie Metropol, New York, 1981, p. 39
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, Cologne, 2015, p. 106