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Josef Hartwig

Munich 1880 – 1956 Frankfurt am Main

Bauhaus chess set – model: XVI with box. 1924/25

Wood, partially stained; brass clasp – manufacturer: Bauhaus Weimar. 6 × 13,5 × 13,5 cm (2 ⅜ × 5 ⅜ × 5 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Josef Hartwig. Bauhaus chess set – model: XVI with box. 1924/25.

Estimate:

EUR 12,000

 

- 15,000

USD 13,500

 

- 16,900

Sold for:

17,500 EUR (incl. premium)

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Information

Wood, partially stained; brass clasp – manufacturer: Bauhaus Weimar. 6 × 13,5 × 13,5 cm (2 ⅜ × 5 ⅜ × 5 ⅜ in.).

Supplement: N. Mannheimer: Neue Schachfiguren. Special print from the city-sheet of the Frankfurter Zeitung, 13 December 1925. Related literature: Josef Hartwig: Neue Bauhaus-Schachspiele. In: Junge Menschen, vol. 5, issue 8, 1924 / Anne Bobzin: Das Bauhaus-Schachspiel von Josef Hartwig. Entstehungs- and Rezeptionsgeschichte. Dipl.-Arbeit, Berlin, Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, 2004.

Friedrich-Ernst Count zu Solms-Laubach, son of the director of Kunstgewerbemuseum in Frankfurt am Main (1950s as a gift of the artist until 2009) / Private Collection, Hesse

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