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JOSEF GOČÁR (1880-1945): A CUBIST SOFA
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JOSEF GOČÁR (1880-1945): A CUBIST SOFA
1913, Bohemia, Prague
This sofa comes from the interior of the home of famous Czech historian Julius Glücklich. The Functionalist villa in Prague-Baba (Na Babě 2, Jarní 1798/3), which was designed by Josef Gočár, was built in 1934, but it can be surmised that Professor Glücklich furnished the villa with Gočár pieces he had already owned. Photographs exist documenting the pieces of furniture Josef Gočár had designed in around 1913 and were part of the furnishings of the professor's previous residence.
The sofa on offer here is similar in both shape and upholstery to the sofa featured in the Prague Werkbund's exhibit at the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne in 1914. It also corresponds with the furniture the architect had designed for actor Otto Boleška. The upholstery fabric is original, with a floral motif designed by František Kysela. Published in the catalogue: Český kubismus - architektura a design 1910-1925, pp. 188, 198, 199, 201. Wood, oak veneer, textile. (100 x 210 x 73,5 cm)
Starting price: 600 000 CZK / 22 222 EUR
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JOSEF GOČÁR (1880-1945): A CUBIST SOFA
1913, Bohemia, Prague
This sofa comes from the interior of the home of famous Czech historian Julius Glücklich. The Functionalist villa in Prague-Baba (Na Babě 2, Jarní 1798/3), which was designed by Josef Gočár, was built in 1934, but it can be surmised that Professor Glücklich furnished the villa with Gočár pieces he had already owned. Photographs exist documenting the pieces of furniture Josef Gočár had designed in around 1913 and were part of the furnishings of the professor's previous residence.
The sofa on offer here is similar in both shape and upholstery to the sofa featured in the Prague Werkbund's exhibit at the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne in 1914. It also corresponds with the furniture the architect had designed for actor Otto Boleška. The upholstery fabric is original, with a floral motif designed by František Kysela. Published in the catalogue: Český kubismus - architektura a design 1910-1925, pp. 188, 198, 199, 201. Wood, oak veneer, textile. (100 x 210 x 73,5 cm)
Starting price: 600 000 CZK / 22 222 EUR
EVENING AUCTION 2016
Sale Date(s)
Lots: 89
Venue Address
ARTHOUSE HEJTMANEK
Gallery & Auction House, Ltd.
Goetheho 17/2
Prague 6
160 00
Czech Republic
For Arthouse Hejtmánek delivery information please telephone +420 776 210 002.
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WHERE
ARTHOUSE HEJTMÁNEK
Gallery and Auction house Ltd.
Goetheho 17/ 2
160 00 Prague 6
Czech Republic
WHEN
Preauction Exhibition: 18. – 30. 11. 2016 / 10.00 – 18.00
Auction: 1. 12. 2016: entry from 5 pm, start at 6 pm
REGISTRATION
You can register by filling out the registration form:
- ONLINE
- IN PERSON
You can register during the pre-auction exhibition 18.– 30. 11. 2016 with one of our employees - BY EMAIL
By filling out the registration form and sending it with a copy of your personal identification card or passport to email: ivana@arthousehejtmanek.cz or fax: +420 222 264 881
WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO
For our auction, we have carefully selected a varieaty of exceptional artistic works, antiquities and design.
You can look forward to the early work "BETWEEN SUNFLOWERS" by Otakar Kubín, interesting collectors acquisitions from Václav Brožík, Jan Preisler or Antonín Slavíček, Vlaho Bukovac, Josef Šíma, Václav Radimský, Franz Metzner or Jan Bauch. We will also auction works by present artists such as Karel Malich and Jan Saudek.
From the field of furniture we will represent Italian baroque, Czech cubism in the form of several items by Gočár, and also art deco with a glass case made by architect Mašek.
There will be certainly available many other surprising items that will touch and excite any collector.
