LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Mahogany, leather upholstery

Measurements:

38.19 in. (97.00 cm.) (height) by 24.80 in. (63.00 cm.) (width) by 22.44 in. (57.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Weimar, Neues Museum,. Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit : Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europaïschen Moderne , March 24 - June 23, 2013, illustrated p. 438 in the exhibition catalogue

Literature:

Magyar Iparművészet: Az Orsagos Magyar Iparművészeti Museum és Iskola és a Magya Iparművészeti Tarsulat Közlönye , exh. cat., Budapest, 1902, pl. 192 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, 1902. Ernst Wasmuth,. Turin 1902 , exhibition catalogue, Berlin, 1902, pl. 33 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Turin exhibition, 1902. . Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration , April - September 1901, pp. 492, 493 for period illustrations of this model in situ at the Internationale Kunstausstellung, Dresden, 1901. . Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration , October 1902 - March 1903, p. 49 for a period illustration of this model in situ at the Turin exhibition, 1902. Maurice Rheims,. L'Art 1900: ou Le Style Jules Verne , Paris, 1965, p. 216, cat. n. 312 for a related example. . Bernhard Pankok 1872-1943: Kunsthandwerk, Malerei, Graphik, Architektur, Bühnenausstattungen , exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart Altes Schloss, May 24 - July 29, 1973, Stuttgart, 1973, p. 95 , cat. n. 182 for the Turin exhibition, 1902. Rossana Bossaglia, Ezio Godoli,. Torino 1902: Le Arti Decorative Internazionali Del Nuovo Secolo , Milan, 1994, p. 360 for the Turin exhibition, 1902. Werner Adriaenssens et al,. Roberto Polo: The Eye , London, 2011, pp. 430-431

Provenance:

Historical Design, New York. Christie's, New York, December 19, 2006, lot 554. Private collection, Belgium