Josef Hoffmann
Subtitle: interiors 1902-1913 : the making of an exhibition
By: edited and written by Christian Witt-Dörring
Contributors: Witt-Dörring, Christian; Neue Galerie New York
Publisher: Neue Galerie New York, Museum for German and Austrian Art
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781931794206
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Exhibitions; Furniture design; Interior decoration; Industrial design
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.
Notes: "...published in conjunction with the exhibition Josef Hoffmann: Interiors 1902-1913, Neue Galerie New York, November 2, 2006-February 26, 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.