A “Co-op” folding chair (director’s chair),
designed by Hannes Meyer, Switzerland, 1925/26, solid beech, original hand-woven fabric, height 92 cm, width 49 cm, depth 47 cm, height of seat 45 cm. (DR) Designed for the “Co-op Interior” (or “Co-op Room”) for Meyer’s project “The Mobile Living and Sleeping Cell for Modern Nomads” in 1926. The room was reduced to the most essential necessities and only furnished with a mattress, a small wall shelf, a gramophone, and a folding chair. In 1927 Meyer presented the “Co-op” interior on the occasion of a Bauhaus exhibition, where El Lissitzky was immensely fascinated by it. Lit.: S. F. Mehlau Wiebking - A. Rüegg - R. Tropeano, Schweizer Typenmöbel, 1925–1935, Siegfried Giedion und die Wohnbedarf AG, cover and p. 11 - A. Rüegg, Schweizer Möbel und Interieurs, Basel 2002, pp. 95/96 - M. Kieren, Hannes Meyer. Dokumente zur Frühzeit. Architektur- und Gestaltungsversuche 1919–1927, p. 139.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
14.05.2013 - 19:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 4,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,000.-
A “Co-op” folding chair (director’s chair),
designed by Hannes Meyer, Switzerland, 1925/26, solid beech, original hand-woven fabric, height 92 cm, width 49 cm, depth 47 cm, height of seat 45 cm. (DR) Designed for the “Co-op Interior” (or “Co-op Room”) for Meyer’s project “The Mobile Living and Sleeping Cell for Modern Nomads” in 1926. The room was reduced to the most essential necessities and only furnished with a mattress, a small wall shelf, a gramophone, and a folding chair. In 1927 Meyer presented the “Co-op” interior on the occasion of a Bauhaus exhibition, where El Lissitzky was immensely fascinated by it. Lit.: S. F. Mehlau Wiebking - A. Rüegg - R. Tropeano, Schweizer Typenmöbel, 1925–1935, Siegfried Giedion und die Wohnbedarf AG, cover and p. 11 - A. Rüegg, Schweizer Möbel und Interieurs, Basel 2002, pp. 95/96 - M. Kieren, Hannes Meyer. Dokumente zur Frühzeit. Architektur- und Gestaltungsversuche 1919–1927, p. 139.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 14.05.2013 - 19:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 04.05. - 14.05.2013 |
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