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Karl Otto

Charlottenburg near Berlin 1904 – 1975 Berlin

Writing desk with "MR 10" cantilever chair. 1930 and 1927

Polished Rio palisander; chrome-plated steel tubing / chrome-plated steel tubing; stained basketwork (workmanship of the Berlin metalworker Joseph Müller). 72 x 130 x 65 cm, 80 x 46 x 65 cm (28 ⅜ x 51 ⅛ x 25 ⅝ in., 31 ½ x 18 ⅛ x 25 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Otto. Writing desk with

Estimate:

EUR 15,000

 

- 20,000

USD 19,400

 

- 25,900

Sold for:

31,720 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013

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Polished Rio palisander; chrome-plated steel tubing / chrome-plated steel tubing; stained basketwork (workmanship of the Berlin metalworker Joseph Müller). 72 x 130 x 65 cm, 80 x 46 x 65 cm (28 ⅜ x 51 ⅛ x 25 ⅝ in., 31 ½ x 18 ⅛ x 25 ⅝ in.). Writing desk unique. Parts of the chair's seat repaired.

Related literature: Alexander von Vegesack (ed.): Mies van der Rohe. Möbel und Bauten in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno, exhibition catalogue, Weil am Rhein 1998, p. 30, ill. no. 78 / Julia Witt: Karl Otto (1904-1975) als Mitarbeiter, Kollege und Freund Ludwig Mies van der Rohes; in: Leo Schmidt and Anne Bantlemann (eds.): Forschen, Bauen & Erhalten, Berlin, Bonn 2008/2009, p. 125-130 / Rainer Stamm (ed.): Der zweite Aufbruch in die Moderne: Expressionsmus, Bauhaus, Neue Sachlichkeit, exhibition catalogue, Oldenburg 2012.

Charlotte Otto, née Liebknecht (1905-1994), Berlin (as a gift of from her husband, Karl Otto) / thence by descent to the present owner, Great Britain

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