LOT DETAILS

Materials:

nut; veneered

Size Notes:

height of seat 42.5 cm

Description:

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Markings:

stamped: P. H. 13766 (Prague Hradcany)/ PASEKPRAHA XI.- 910

Condition:

partly restored

Literature:

A. Stiller, A. Stiller, Die Prager Burg/Prague Castle Plecnik, Die Prager Burg/Prague Castle Plecnik, Salzburg-Vienna 2016, Salzburg-Vienna 2016, ill. p. 149., ill. p. 149., Provenance:, Provenance:, originally Prague Castle, originally Prague Castle, Alice G. Masaryk apartment, Alice G. Masaryk apartment, lady’s drawing room, lady’s drawing room, sold in the 1960s/70s -, sold in the 1960s/70s -, Private collection, Private collection, Vienna, Vienna, since the late 1980s., since the late 1980s., Tomas G. Masaryk, Tomas G. Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, the first president of Czechoslovakia, chose the Slovenian architect Josef Plecnik for a large-scale reconstruction of Prague Castle. He considered Plecnik the best guarantor for symbolically translating the ideas of the new democracy into modern architecture. His daughter Alice was the link to the artist, chose the Slovenian architect Josef Plecnik for a large-scale reconstruction of Prague Castle. He considered Plecnik the best guarantor for symbolically translating the ideas of the new democracy into modern architecture. His daughter Alice was the link to the artist, and the overall concept for the castle’s modernisation was developed in close collaboration with her. Plecnik designed the chair offered for sale here for her Ladies’ Salon., and the overall concept for the castle’s modernisation was developed in close collaboration with her. Plecnik designed the chair offered for sale here for her Ladies’ Salon