chair Josef Hoffmann ca. 1902
chair, Josef Hoffmann (design), ca. 1902
Das Interieur. Wiener Monatshefte für Angewandte Kunst, IV. year, Vienna 1903, pp. 1, 128 & 141; photograph, armchair, exhibition room, Wiener Werkstätte, company headquarters, Vienna VII, Neustiftgasse 32-34, Anonymous, MAK Inv.nr. WWF 101-59-1; Chair / armchair, armchair for the anteroom of Dr Hans Salzer’s flat, Josef Hoffmann, MAK inv. no. H 2304; Chair / armchair, armchair for the anteroom of Dr Hans Salzer’s flat, Josef Hoffmann, MAK inv. no. H 2545.
Description
This piece is a significant example of furniture designed by Josef Hoffmann, created as a variation of the furnishings for the apartment of Dr. Salzer. Its strict, architectural design language clearly reflects the reduced geometry typical of this period — an aesthetic Hoffmann helped to define. The chair stands out for its outstanding craftsmanship, formal clarity, and architectural construction. It is in excellent condition, making it especially appealing to discerning collectors and enthusiasts of early modernism.
A rare piece that exemplifies Hoffmann’s pioneering design approach and the emergence of modern design around 1900.
ARTIST
Josef Hoffmann (Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna), co-founder of the Viennese Secession and of the Wiener Werkstätte, was an extremely productive and versatile architect and designer. Throughout his career he experimented with various forms, techniques and materials. In his designs, he was striving for a strong reduction of the form to the essential and was a pioneer of geometric Jugendstil. This is how his characteristic geometric style was established. The scope of his designs ranges from buildings and entire interiors, following the concept of the “Gesamtkunstwerk” (total work of art), all the way to small details of everyday life. One of his most significant works is the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, a Gesamtkunstwerk which he executed for a wealthy entrepreneur between 1905 and 1911 in collaboration with, among others, Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser.
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