Property from an Important European Collection
Josef Hoffman, "Buenos Aires" Living Room Suite
Auction Closed
December 12, 06:50 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important European Collection
Josef Hoffmann
"Buenos Aires" Living Room Suite
circa 1910
comprising two armchairs and one sofa, models no. 675 F and 657 C
produced by J. & J. Kohn, Austria
lacquered beech, brass, vinyl upholstery
sofa: 30 ¼ x 53 ⅛ x 27 ½ in. (77 x 135 x 70 cm)
armchairs: 30 ⅛ x 31 ¼ x 29 in. (76.5 x 79.5 x 73.5 cm) each
Jane Kallir, Viennese design and the Wiener Werkstätte, London, 1986, p. 73 (for a related armchair)
Walter Zednicek, Josef Hoffmann und die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 2006, p. 31 (for the armchair)
Giovanni Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebruder Thonet Vienna Jakob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 172
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, exh. cat., Galerie Bei der Albertina-Zetter, Vienna, 2011, pp. 30-31
