Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Rare pair of “Barcelona” chairs ca. 1940 Chrome-plated hand-forged and welded flat steel, leather. Each: 29 1/8 in. (74 cm) high Manufactured by the Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Müller, Germany. Each with one leather back slat with handwritten “100" (2).
Provenance Henri Kamer Collection, Paris; René Rasmussen auction, Paris, December 1979 Literature Ludwig Glaeser, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Furniture and Furniture Drawings from the Design Collection and the Mies van der Rohe Archive, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1977, pp. 46-49; Derek E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, exh. cat., The American Federation of Arts, New York, 1987, pp. 292-293; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 172; Mies van der Rohe: Furniture and Buildings in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1998, pp. 37, 41, 57-59, 69-70, 87-91, 169, 171, 176, 195 and 197
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Rare pair of “Barcelona” chairs ca. 1940 Chrome-plated hand-forged and welded flat steel, leather. Each: 29 1/8 in. (74 cm) high Manufactured by the Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Müller, Germany. Each with one leather back slat with handwritten “100" (2).
Provenance Henri Kamer Collection, Paris; René Rasmussen auction, Paris, December 1979 Literature Ludwig Glaeser, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Furniture and Furniture Drawings from the Design Collection and the Mies van der Rohe Archive, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1977, pp. 46-49; Derek E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, exh. cat., The American Federation of Arts, New York, 1987, pp. 292-293; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 172; Mies van der Rohe: Furniture and Buildings in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1998, pp. 37, 41, 57-59, 69-70, 87-91, 169, 171, 176, 195 and 197
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