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An upholstered armchair,

Lot No. 16

An upholstered armchair,


designed by Josef Hoffmann, 1914/16, for Skywa House, Vienna, black stained and polished maple, upholstered and covered with green leather, height approx. 87 cm, width approx. 75 cm, depth approx. 84 cm, height of seat approx. 52 cm. (DRAX)

Original condition.

The only surviving example of originally four armchairs made for the house’s games room.

Provenance:
vlla Skywa Primavesi, Gloriettegasse 14-16, 1130 Vienna – private ownership, Vienna, since approx. 1989

Lit.:
M. Eisler, Ein städisches Gartenwohnhaus von Josef Hoffmann, in: Die Kunst. Monatshefte für Freie und Angewandte Kunst, vol. 34, XIXth year, Munich 1916, p. 13 (contemporary photograph: Josef Hoffmann – Vienna, Skywa House: games room), pp. 1–15 (a detached town house by Josef Hoffmann)

The Villa Skywa, which Josef Hoffmann built for the industrialist Robert Primavesi and his partner Josefine Skywa in 1913/16, was conceived as a Gesamtkunstwerk. Architecture and interior design were of one piece and supported by the claim for the aestheticization of life. Even the contemporaries celebrated the villa as the highlight of Vienna‘s architecture before the First World War.

Die Kunst. Monatshefte für Freie und Angewandte Kunst, vol. 34, XIXth year, Munich 1916, p. 13

15.03.2018 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 34,000.- to EUR 45,000.-

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An upholstered armchair,


designed by Josef Hoffmann, 1914/16, for Skywa House, Vienna, black stained and polished maple, upholstered and covered with green leather, height approx. 87 cm, width approx. 75 cm, depth approx. 84 cm, height of seat approx. 52 cm. (DRAX)

Original condition.

The only surviving example of originally four armchairs made for the house’s games room.

Provenance:
vlla Skywa Primavesi, Gloriettegasse 14-16, 1130 Vienna – private ownership, Vienna, since approx. 1989

Lit.:
M. Eisler, Ein städisches Gartenwohnhaus von Josef Hoffmann, in: Die Kunst. Monatshefte für Freie und Angewandte Kunst, vol. 34, XIXth year, Munich 1916, p. 13 (contemporary photograph: Josef Hoffmann – Vienna, Skywa House: games room), pp. 1–15 (a detached town house by Josef Hoffmann)

The Villa Skywa, which Josef Hoffmann built for the industrialist Robert Primavesi and his partner Josefine Skywa in 1913/16, was conceived as a Gesamtkunstwerk. Architecture and interior design were of one piece and supported by the claim for the aestheticization of life. Even the contemporaries celebrated the villa as the highlight of Vienna‘s architecture before the First World War.

Die Kunst. Monatshefte für Freie und Angewandte Kunst, vol. 34, XIXth year, Munich 1916, p. 13

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Auction: Design First
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 15.03.2018 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 07.03. - 15.03.2018

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