Josef Hoffmann, chair from the studio of Gustav Klimt, Josefsstädterstrasse 21, c. 1903/05 oakwood, black stained; seat with leather covering, the latter worn (the upper section slightly repaired, the underside with new covering); corroded metal struts inside and outside of the leather covering; seat cushion made of leather, partly with buttons; some buttons missing, cushion sewn along the edges at a later date; largely original condition; signs of age and use; height: 89.5 cm, height of seat (without cushion): 43 cm, height of seat (with cushion): 49.3 cm, width 53.7 cm, depth 49.5 cm. (MP) Provenance: Formerly family ownership of Fanny Klimt. Literature: photograph by Moritz Nähr, dated: 1910, Gustav Klimt’s studio vestibule; interior photograph: furniture designed by Josef Hoffmann, on the wall the painting "Hoffnung II" (1907/08) by Gustav Klimt (contact print), in: Austrian National Library, inventory number: oai: baa. onb. at: 14170996; MAK, exhibition catalogue, Der Preis der Schönheit, p. 53 and p. 56; Witt-Dörring, Staggs, Neue Galerie New York, Wiener Werkstätte, The Luxury of Beauty, article by Anne-Katrin Rossberg, Klimt and the Wiener Werkstätte, pp. 350, p. 359, et passim.