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Michael Rachlis and César Klein

1953 1884 – 1876 1954

Commode with inlay for the Villa Zissu, Berlin. 1929

Caucasian walnut on oak and apple tree wood body, veneered and partially ebonised; palisander, teak, myrtle, olive ash, moor oak, Ceylon satinwood, manna ash, bird's eye maple, oak, inlaid; metal leaf; brass fittings. 87 x 145 x 56 cm (34 ¼ x 57 ⅛ x 22 in.). Sketch 1:1 in gouache, ink, chalk and pencil on paper. 43,5 x 130 cm (17 ⅛ x 51 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Michael Rachlis and César Klein. Commode with inlay for the Villa Zissu, Berlin. 1929.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 30,000

USD 27,200

 

- 40,800

Sold for:

46,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Caucasian walnut on oak and apple tree wood body, veneered and partially ebonised; palisander, teak, myrtle, olive ash, moor oak, Ceylon satinwood, manna ash, bird's eye maple, oak, inlaid; metal leaf; brass fittings. 87 x 145 x 56 cm (34 ¼ x 57 ⅛ x 22 in.). Sketch 1:1 in gouache, ink, chalk and pencil on paper. 43,5 x 130 cm (17 ⅛ x 51 ⅛ in.). Signed and dated upper left in pencil: Mich Rachlis 4/29. Lower right in ballpoint pen by another hand: Entw. Prof. César Klein.

We would like to thank Dr. Hildrun Glass, Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung Regensburg, and Dr. Wiltrud Barth, Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, for the valuable information provided..

Commissioned by Avram Leib Zissu (1888 – 1956) for his villa on Gustav-Freytag-Strasse 15, Berlin-Grunewald / 1959 inherited by Rachel Zissu, née Zimmer, Tel Aviv, and Dinah Jane Zissu, London (1942 – ?) / 1960 until 1975 Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands (in the building) / after 1975 private collection, Berlin

Max Osborn: Michael Rachlis Räume, Leipzig und Wien 1929 (illustration: vestibule, Villa Z.) / Max Osborn: Ein Landhaus von Michael Rachlis. Haus Gen.-Dir. Zissu in Berlin-Grunewald; in: Innen-Dekoration. Kunstgewerbliche Zeitschrift für den gesamten Inneren Ausbau, vol. XLI (1930), April, p. 139 – 151 / Dalinghaus, Ruth Irmgard: Cesar Klein. Angewandte Kunst - Werkmonographie mit Katalog, Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin 1990, vol. 1, p. 257 – 258 (here falsely attributed to the Villa Epstein); vol. 2, cat. no. 356 (sketch and commode)