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Lot 304 D α

"Entwicklungsmöbel" chair by Johann Niegeman

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
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"Entwicklungsmöbel" chair by Johann Niegeman

Solid poplar and pine, plywood, joints, (later) pale grey varnish, original upholstery with original golden yellow cloth cover. Can be taken apart and reassembled. The leather soiled, later grey green painting to the borders above the back rest. H 85, W 60, D 59 cm.
Presumably produced in the Bauhochschule Weimar, 1930s.

The Dutch designer Johan Niegeman (1902 - 1977) was a pupil at the Bauhaus from 1926 to 1930. His "Entwicklungsmöbel" / "Paketmöbel" ("development furniture" / "packet furniture") pieces were mass produced as of 1949.

Provenance

From an important European private collection.

Literature

For more on this type of "collapsible" furniture, see Architektur und Kunst, 36, 1949, issue 3, p. 82f., for more seating furniture by Niegeman.