A BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIR
A BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIR

JOSEF HOFFMANN FOR THE DINING ROOM OF THE PURKERSDORF SANATORIUM, J. & J. KOHN, CIRCA 1904

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A BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIR
Josef Hoffmann for the Dining Room of the Purkersdorf Sanatorium, J. & J. Kohn, circa 1904
39½in. (100.4cm.) high

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cf. The Art Revival in Austria, The Studio Special Edition, 1906, pl. C10; Vienna Moderne 1898-1918 (exh. cat.), 1978, p. 73; Vera J. Behal, Möbel des Jugendstils, 1981, p. 139; Werner J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Design in Vienna 1903-1932, 1984, p. 49; Gnter Brecker, Josef Hoffmann, Sanatorium Purkersdorf, n.d., p. 152; Siegfried Wichmann, Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, 1984, p. 165, fig. 338; Kirk Varnedoe, Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture & Design, 1986, p. 86; Derek E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, 1987, p. 242, cat. no. 43; Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, 1987, p. 55; Wiener Werkstätte Atelier Viennois 1903-1932, 1987, p. 119, fig. 5.7; Peter Noever, ed., Josef Hoffmann Designs, 1992, p. 40, fig. 26 for illustrations of the model.

"Klagen der Knstler" in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (Vols. 17-18), 1906, pp. 432-434; Gnter Brecker, Josef Hoffmann, Sanatorium Purkersdorf, n.d., pp. 67 and 148; Daniele Baroni and Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, 1981, p. 59, fig. 156; Eduard F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann, Das architektonische Werk, 1982, p. 286, WV 84/I; and Derek E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Other Metal Furniture 1850-1946, 1987, p. 104, fig. 4-8 and p. 243, fig. 43A for period photographs of the model in situ.

See also Daniel Baroni and Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, 1981, p. 98 for drawings of the 'Purkersdorf' side chair, p. 99 for an illustration of the side chair, fig. 256 for an illustration of a page from the J. & J. Kohn catalogue in 1906 that depicts the 'Purkersdorf' side chair (model no. 322) that was sold as part of a suite that included an armchair (model no. 322/F), settee (model no. 322/C) and table (model no. 322/T), and fig. 257 for a period illustration of the model in situ.


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