Lot no. 340
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 ? x 22 in.). Sketch 1:1 in gouache, ink, chalk and pencil on paper
Signed and dated upper left in pencil: Mich Rachlis 4/29. Lower right in ballpoint pen by another hand: Entw. Prof. César Klein
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
43,5 x 130 cm
17 1/8 x 51 1/8 in.
Commode with inlay for the Villa Zissu, Berlin
1929
Kaukasische Nuß auf Eichen- und Apfelholzkorpus, furniert und teilweise ebonisierend lackiert; Palisander, Teak, Myrte, Olivesche, Mooreiche, Zitronenholz, Blumenesche, Vogelaugenahorn, Eiche, intarsiert; Schlagmetall; Messingbeschläge. 87 x 145 x 56 cm (34 ¼ x 57 ? x 22 in.). Werkkarton 1:1 in Gouache, Tusche, Kreide, Bleistift auf Papier
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)
43,5 x 130 cm
17 1/8 x 51 1/8 in.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
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