BR71.226: Chair for Purkersdorf Sanatorium

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

Permissions

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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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