Lot 200: PAVEL JANÁK

PAVEL JANÁK CZECH 1882 - 1956 CZECH CUBIST WALNUT SIDE CHAIR (KUBISTICKÁ ŽIDLE Z OŘECHOVÉHO DŘEVA) The faceted ladder back above a flared rectangular seat with chevron-shaped aprons and canted square legs. walnut, the faceted ladder back above a flared rectangular seat with chevron-shaped aprons and canted square legs height: 92.5cm., 36½in., width: 45cm., 17 1/4 in.; depth 45cm., 17 3/4 in. Height: 36 1/4 inches; 92 cm After a design by Pavel Janak

Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Pražské noci / Prague Nights: Czech Modern Art from the Hascoe Collection, 2007

Pavel Janák 1882 - 1956. Architektur und Kunstgewerbe, exhibition catalogue, 1984, pp. 40-41, a similar work
Jiří Švestka, Tomáš Vlček ed., 1909-1925 Tschechischer Kubismus in Prag, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, exhibition catalogue, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, 1991, pp. 270-271, a similar work
Alexander von Vegesack ed., Tschechischer Kubismus. Architektur und Design 1910-1925, Weil am Rhein, 1991, pp. 220-238, a similar work

Torsten Bröhan
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Pioneering 20th Century Design: The Torsten Bröhan Collection, 8 March 2005, lot 58
Purchased at the above sale

Executed circa 1911-12.