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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)Set of Four Chairs for Dr. Hugo Koller and Broncia Koller-Pinell's Summer House, circa 1912-1914
Price Realised USD 35,280
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USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Set of Four Chairs for Dr. Hugo Koller and Broncia Koller-Pinell's Summer House, circa 1912-1914
Price Realised USD 35,280
Price Realised USD 35,280
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Lot Essay
Dr. Hugo and Broncia Koller commissioned their friend Josef Hoffmann to design and furnish their Vienna apartment, summer house, and laboratory factory. Dr. Koller studied medicine at the University of Vienna and eventually specialized in electrochemistry. He met Jewish painter Broncia Pinell in the 1880s and the couple married soon after.
Broncia studied painting and sculpture in Vienna before spending five years in Munich where she studied in the atelier of Ludwig Heterich and Ludwig Kühn. In Vienna, she grew closer to Gustav Klimt and eventually exhibited with him and his group at the Kunstshacu in 1908 and 1909. In 1913, she join the Bund österreichischer Künstler, founded by Kilmt, Koloman Moser, and Josef Hoffmann.
The couple lived in Salzburg shortly after their marriage before relocating to Vienna where they befriended and entertained many Secessionist arts and members of the Wiener Werkstätte. They established a salon in their home and encouraged the work of younger artist's in addition to more established designers. Once they acquired their summer home in Oberwaltersdorf, the couple decorated according to plans designed by Moser and Hoffmann. Their couple's exquisite home and collection remained in the family until 1966.
Broncia studied painting and sculpture in Vienna before spending five years in Munich where she studied in the atelier of Ludwig Heterich and Ludwig Kühn. In Vienna, she grew closer to Gustav Klimt and eventually exhibited with him and his group at the Kunstshacu in 1908 and 1909. In 1913, she join the Bund österreichischer Künstler, founded by Kilmt, Koloman Moser, and Josef Hoffmann.
The couple lived in Salzburg shortly after their marriage before relocating to Vienna where they befriended and entertained many Secessionist arts and members of the Wiener Werkstätte. They established a salon in their home and encouraged the work of younger artist's in addition to more established designers. Once they acquired their summer home in Oberwaltersdorf, the couple decorated according to plans designed by Moser and Hoffmann. Their couple's exquisite home and collection remained in the family until 1966.
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Set of Four Chairs for Dr. Hugo Koller and Broncia Koller-Pinell's Summer House, circa 1912-1914
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Estimate: USD 3,000 - 5,000
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