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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR71.226
People
Josef Hoffmann, Austrian (Pirnitz, Moravia (now Brtnice, Czech Republic) 1870 - 1956 Vienna, Austria)
Title
Chair for Purkersdorf Sanatorium
Classification
Furniture
Work Type
chair
Date
c. 1904
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222349

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Beechwood, leather
Dimensions
98.5 x 44.5 x 41.5 cm (38 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
BR71.226
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 77, ill.
  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 184

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • Dream and Design: Turn-of-the-Century Art in Vienna and Central Europe, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/07/1992 - 05/03/1992
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2019 - 05/13/2019; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022

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