Josef Albers Rare armchair, model no. ti 244 ca. 1929 Laminated beech, chrome-plated tubular steel, fabric. With paper label ”50 Jahre Bauhaus Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart” and ”Albers, Josef Sessel Prof. Dr. Grote, Gauting.” 30 1/8 in. (76.5 cm) high
Provenance Prof. Dr. Grote, Munich-Gauting, Germany Exhibited “50 Jahure Bauhaus Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart,” 1986 Literature Bauhaus 1919-1928, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1938, p. 127; 50 Jahre Bauhaus Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, exh. cat., Stuttgart, 1968, illustrated p. 100, no. 245 and 255; Ute Brüning and Peter Lang, Das A und O des Bauhauses, exh. cat., Bauhaus Archiv Museum Berlin, 1995, p. 249 for a similar example of a demounted chair; Nicholas Fox Weber and Martin Filler, Josef and Anni Albers Designs for Living, exh. cat., Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 2004, pp. 97-98 for similar examples Catalogue Essay There are four extant examples of this piece: one in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, one in the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, one at the Stiftung Bauhaus in Dessau and the present lot. Prof. Dr. Ludwig Grote was the director of the Städtische Galerie in Dessau and a close friend of the Bauhaus. Read More
Josef Albers Rare armchair, model no. ti 244 ca. 1929 Laminated beech, chrome-plated tubular steel, fabric. With paper label ”50 Jahre Bauhaus Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart” and ”Albers, Josef Sessel Prof. Dr. Grote, Gauting.” 30 1/8 in. (76.5 cm) high
Provenance Prof. Dr. Grote, Munich-Gauting, Germany Exhibited “50 Jahure Bauhaus Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart,” 1986 Literature Bauhaus 1919-1928, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1938, p. 127; 50 Jahre Bauhaus Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, exh. cat., Stuttgart, 1968, illustrated p. 100, no. 245 and 255; Ute Brüning and Peter Lang, Das A und O des Bauhauses, exh. cat., Bauhaus Archiv Museum Berlin, 1995, p. 249 for a similar example of a demounted chair; Nicholas Fox Weber and Martin Filler, Josef and Anni Albers Designs for Living, exh. cat., Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 2004, pp. 97-98 for similar examples Catalogue Essay There are four extant examples of this piece: one in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, one in the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, one at the Stiftung Bauhaus in Dessau and the present lot. Prof. Dr. Ludwig Grote was the director of the Städtische Galerie in Dessau and a close friend of the Bauhaus. Read More
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