Armchair (for Conference Room, Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, Austria) (Primary Title)
Armchair, for Conference Room, Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Vienna (Alternate Title)
Otto Wagner, Austrian, 1841 - 1918 (Artist)
Gebrüder Thonet, Austrian, 1853 - 1921 (Manufacturer)
Otto Wagner, a prominent member of the Vienna Secession, is considered by scholars to be the founder of modern architecture and design in Vienna. His well-known 1895 textbook, Modern Architecture, influenced younger architects in Vienna and throughout Europe. In a 1903 competition, Wagner was awarded the first prize for his design of the new Austrian Postal Savings Bank in Vienna. As one of the seminal masterpieces of modern architecture, it is among Wagner’s most successful buildings. This chair, made by Gebrüder Thonet, was produced for the bank’s conference room and is considered an early example of the use of aluminum in Austrian furniture design.
Sydney and Frances Lewis Art Nouveau Fund
"Europe: Beginning and End," Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo (and 3 other venues), Jan 28 - Feb 23, 1993, , p. 158;
Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918, Houston, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, 1978, p. 37;
Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, Junstlerhaus, 1981, p. 265, no. 206;
Jane Kallir, Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstatte, Galerie St. Etienne/George Braziller, NY, p. 14, fig. 12;
Derek E. Ostergard, Mackintosh to Mollino. Fifty Years of chair Design, Barry Friedman,, p. 23;
Simon Jervis, Furniture of about 1900 from Austria & Hungary in the Victoria and Albert Museum, pp. 74-75, no. 31;
(numerous citations within Curatorial File);
Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Vienna, Junstlerhaus, 1981, p. 265, no. 206;
Jane Kallir, Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstatte, Galerie St. Etienne/George Braziller, NY, p. 14, fig. 12;
Derek E. Ostergard, Mackintosh to Mollino. Fifty Years of chair Design, Barry Friedman,, p. 23;
Simon Jervis, Furniture of about 1900 from Austria & Hungary in the Victoria and Albert Museum, pp. 74-75, no. 31;
(numerous citations within Curatorial File);
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