Josef Hoffmann for J. & J. Kohn
Set of two armchairs and a sofa, Buenos Aires suite, models 675 F and 657 C
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September 27, 01:11 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description
Josef Hoffmann for J. & J. Kohn
Set of two armchairs and a sofa, Buenos Aires suite, models 675 F and 657 C
Designed in circa 1910
Tinted beech, tinted beech plywood, brass and leather upholstery
Sofa: 77 x 135 x 70 cm; 30¼ x 53⅛ x 27½ in.
Armchair: 76.5 x 79.5 x 73.5 cm; 30⅛ x 31¼ x 29 in.
Armchair: 75.5 x 79 x 74 cm.; 29¾ x 31⅛ x 29⅛ in.
Clio Calvi Rudy Volpi gallery, Milan
Acquired form the above by the present owner in 2004
Private collection, Italy
Catalogue Jacob & Josef Kohn [1916], Munich, 1980, p. 48
Jane Kallir, Viennese design and the Wiener Werkstätte, London, 1986, p. 73, for a similar armchair
Walter Zednicek, Josef Hoffmann und die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienne, 2006, p. 31 for the armchair
Giovanni Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebruder Thonet Vienna Jakob & Josef Kohn, 2008, Milan, p. 172 for a photograph of the International Exhibition of Buenos Aires of 1910 in which appears our model, p. 173
Jiři Uhliř, Vom Wiener Stuhl zum Architektenmöbel: Jacob & Josef Kohn, Thonet und Mundus : Bugholzmöbel vom Secessionismus bis zur Zwischenkriegsmoderne, Vienna, 2009, p. 155 for the armchair
Josef Hoffmann Dagobert Peche: two creative geniuses, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Bei der Albertina-Zetter, Vienna, October 15, 2011 – January 14, 2012, p. 30-31