Lot No. 87


A house bar and four bar stools, designed by Prof. Herta-Maria Witzemann for a villa near Tübingen,


A house bar and four bar stools, designed by Prof. Herta-Maria Witzemann for a villa near Tübingen, - Design

manufactured by Erwin Behr, Germany, teak construction on four legs, black coated metal base, the bar stools with woven cane backrests, loose circular seat cushions, bar: height approx. 108 cm, width approx. 180 cm, depth approx. 60 cm; barstool: height of seat approx. 80 cm, width approx. 46 cm, depth approx. 46 cm. (MHA)

Herta-Maria Witzemann was born in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, in 1909. Between 1938 and 1940 she studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. Her teacher in architecture was Prof. Oswald Haerdtl. In 1952 she became a professor for interior and furniture design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. She designed series-produced furniture for numerous renowned companies, including Knoll International, Thonet, Wilde + Spieth, and Erwin Behr.

Provenance:
formerly part of the interior decoration of a villa near Tübingen

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at

06.06.2018 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 8,000.- to EUR 12,000.-

A house bar and four bar stools, designed by Prof. Herta-Maria Witzemann for a villa near Tübingen,


manufactured by Erwin Behr, Germany, teak construction on four legs, black coated metal base, the bar stools with woven cane backrests, loose circular seat cushions, bar: height approx. 108 cm, width approx. 180 cm, depth approx. 60 cm; barstool: height of seat approx. 80 cm, width approx. 46 cm, depth approx. 46 cm. (MHA)

Herta-Maria Witzemann was born in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, in 1909. Between 1938 and 1940 she studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. Her teacher in architecture was Prof. Oswald Haerdtl. In 1952 she became a professor for interior and furniture design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. She designed series-produced furniture for numerous renowned companies, including Knoll International, Thonet, Wilde + Spieth, and Erwin Behr.

Provenance:
formerly part of the interior decoration of a villa near Tübingen

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 06.06.2018 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 26.05. - 06.06.2018

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