About the Artwork
Gondola Chair
1921
Joseph Urban
1872-1933
Austrian
Unknown
Wood, paint, silver leaf, mother-of-pearl; reproduction upholstery
Overall: 42 1/2 × 29 1/2 × 29 1/2 inches (108 × 74.9 × 74.9 cm)
Furniture
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Jerome M. Shaw
1996.203.1
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Provenance
(DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, New York, USA)
George Watermann III (New York, New York, USA)
Jerome & Patricia Shaw (Orchard Lake, Michigan, USA)
Jerome Shaw (Orchard Lake, Michigan, USA)
1996-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Seen in New York." Good Furniture 19 (August 1922).
Hansen, T. Wiener Werkstaette Mode: Stoffe, Schmuck, Accessoires. Vienna and Munich 1984, p. 81 (ill.).
Schweiger, W. Wiener Werstaette: Design in Vienna, 1903-1932. New York, p. 115 (ill.).
Coffin, Sarah D. and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, 2017, p.215 (ill.).
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Joseph Urban, Gondola Chair, 1921, wood, paint, silver leaf, mother-of-pearl; reproduction upholstery. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jerome M. Shaw, 1996.203.1.
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