Josef Hoffmann

Description:

"This publication serves as a companion volume to Josef Hoffmann: Interiors, 1902-1913. It documents the installation of this extraordinary exhibition, which opened at the Neue Galerie New York in November 2006. Four entire Hoffmann rooms were recreated for the exhibition: a girl's bedroom from the Max Biach apartment (Vienna 1902); a bedroom from the Hans Salzer apartment (Vienna 1902); the dining room from the apartment of Jerome Stonborough and Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein (Berlin 1905); and the dining room from the apartment of the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (Geneva 1913)." "Christian Witt-Dorring, curator of decorative arts for the Neue Galerie, details the painstaking process of assembling materials for these interiors, both from an aesthetic and a practical standpoint. In the process, he reveals how a curator takes on the challenge of bringing the work of a major designer to life. The result is a publication that displays the work of Josef Hoffmann as it was meant to be seen - in color and as a series of fully realized ensembles."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Criticism and interpretation,  Exhibition buildings,  Biennale di Venezia,  Architects,  Exhibitions,  Interior decoration,  Furniture design,  Industrial design,  Buildings,  Buildings, structures,  Padiglione Austriaco (Venice, Italy),  Biennale di Venezia (Venice, Italy),  Decoration and ornament,  Biennale di Venezia (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80010259 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n80010259

People: Josef Franz Maria Hoffmann (1870-1956)

Places: Venice,  Italy,  Austria