Twelve Drawer Cabinet | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 8000-10.000 US$
Auction:
20-21st Century Design Art
Sales date: 2003-12-08
Location:
New York
Lot number: 83
Design
Josef FrankYear 1940s
Manufacturer Svenskt Tenn
Architonic id
4102960
EXECUTED AS A SPECIAL ORDER BY SVENSKT TENN; MAHOGANY, BRASS
431/4 X 451/4 X 153/4 IN.
(110 X 115 X 40 CM)
LITERATURE:
CHARLOTTE AND PETER FIELL, SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN, COLOGNE, 2002, PP. 196-197
ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS, FRANK DESIGNED FOR THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE AND PARTICIPATED IN THE DEUTSCHER WERKBUND'S 1927 "DIE WOHNUNG" EXHIBITION (CF. LOT 68). FORCED TO EMIGRATE TO SWEDEN IN THE 1930S, HE ENTERED INTO A COLLABORATION WITH SVENSKT TENN. UNIMPRESSED BY MODERNIST FUNCTIONALIST AESTHETICS, FRANK'S DESIGNS DRAW FROM THE 19TH CENTURY BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT AND FROM VIENNESE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY DESIGNS. NEVERTHELESS, HIS WORK REMAINS ESSENTIALLY MODERN, BEING DISTINGUISHED BY A PURITY OF FORM.
431/4 X 451/4 X 153/4 IN.
(110 X 115 X 40 CM)
LITERATURE:
CHARLOTTE AND PETER FIELL, SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN, COLOGNE, 2002, PP. 196-197
ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS, FRANK DESIGNED FOR THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE AND PARTICIPATED IN THE DEUTSCHER WERKBUND'S 1927 "DIE WOHNUNG" EXHIBITION (CF. LOT 68). FORCED TO EMIGRATE TO SWEDEN IN THE 1930S, HE ENTERED INTO A COLLABORATION WITH SVENSKT TENN. UNIMPRESSED BY MODERNIST FUNCTIONALIST AESTHETICS, FRANK'S DESIGNS DRAW FROM THE 19TH CENTURY BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT AND FROM VIENNESE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY DESIGNS. NEVERTHELESS, HIS WORK REMAINS ESSENTIALLY MODERN, BEING DISTINGUISHED BY A PURITY OF FORM.
