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Adjustable-back chair

Adjustable-back chair
(Sitzmaschine)
 (1908)

Medium
ebonised Beech (Fagus sp.), plywood, steel
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Jardine Matheson Australia, Fellow, 1983
© Estate of Josef Hoffmann
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Gallery location
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Artwork Details

Medium
ebonised Beech (Fagus sp.), plywood, steel
Measurements
(a-b) 110.8 × 68.1 × 83.7 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Vienna, Austria
Inscription
(a) stamped in green ink on inside rim of base u.c.: J. & J. KOHN / Taschen Aust (...illeg.)
Accession Number
D17.a-b-1983
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Jardine Matheson Australia, Fellow, 1983
© Estate of Josef Hoffmann
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
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Gallery location
Not on display

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