99 - BREUER, Marcel (1902–1981) GEBRÜDER THONET (Published by)

BREUER, Marcel (1902–1981) GEBRÜDER THONET (Published by) “B 35” armchair, bent chrome-plated steel tube frame, armrests with black lacquered wood cuffs. Backrest and seat padded and upholstered in black leather. (Signs of wear and missing sections of leather, particularly along the upper edge of the backrest). Circa 1931 H 77 cm – W 57 cm – D 93.5 cm - History: The model was featured in the Deutsche Werkbund’s installation at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris in 1930—the first public presentation of German design in France since World War I—and later in Breuer’s “Maison du Sportif” at the Berlin Building Exhibition in 1931. Several manufacturing variants of the “B 35” armchair have been documented, primarily differing in the type and position of the rear crossbar. The example reproduced in the cited book is another version of the model. - Bibliography: Derek E. Ostergard, *Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946*, New York, The American Federation of Arts, 1987; a similar model is listed on p. 286 under no. 78. Examples of this model are held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (inv. 523.1977) and at the Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris (inv. AM 1993-1-602) - Jan van Geest and Otakar Máčel, “Stühle aus Stahl. Metal Furniture 1925–1940,” Cologne, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 1980, illustrated on p. 65 under no. 8 – “Art et Décoration 1930,” vol. LVIII, illustrated on p. 18.