Objects

Hans Bellmann

Two GA chairs, model 7/060, for Horgen-Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland

Designed in 1955, made before 1970

Two-piece seat shell of moulded plywood, mahogany-veneered, chair legs of chromed tubular steel with rubber cuffs.

The featured pair are early versions of the GA chair. Swiss architect Hans Bellmann was a Bauhaus graduate and teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich. In 1956, his iconic GA chair was awarded for its good design by Swiss Werkbund. The parsimonious use of material combined with high artistic standard make its design today more relevant than ever. See Billing & Eberli, p. 8.

Literature: Billing, Joan und Eberli, Samuel: Hans Bellmann - Protagonist der Schweizer Wohnkultur, Design & Design u. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2015, 83 - 89

0003121 HBM

Hans Brockhage und Erwin Andrä

Rocking car, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden for Lenz, former German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Designed in 1950, executed presumably at the end of the 1950s - 1960s

Solid beech wood, plywood seat veneered, red lacquered wheels, black hard rubber, iron wheel axles

Icon of GDR design. Part of the collections at MoMA, V&A and Grassi Museum and exhibited at Vitra Design Museum. Designed by H. Brockhage under the supervision of Mart Stam and in cooperation with E. Andrä for the constructive work. The Bauhaus spirit still influenced the design of the rocking car in 1950. The ingenuity lies in the toy's dual function - usable as car and as rocking chair. H. Brockhage received awards from Ulmer Hochschule and XII. Triennale, Milan.

Literature: Deutsches Design 1949-1989 - Zwei Länder, eine Geschichte, Vitra Design Museum; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Wüstenrot Stiftung, Ausstellungskatalog, Weil am Rhein, 2021, 104, 105

000313 HBR

Hans Brockhage und Erwin Andrä

Rocking car, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden for Lenz, former German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Designed in 1950, executed presumably in the 1950s

Solid beech wood, bent plywood with painted imitation of wood, red lacquered wheels, black hard rubber, iron wheel axles

Icon of GDR design. Part of the collections at MoMA, V&A and Grassi Museum and exhibited at Vitra Design Museum. Designed by H. Brockhage under the supervision of Mart Stam and in cooperation with E. Andrä for the constructive work. The Bauhaus spirit still influenced the design of the rocking car in 1950. The ingenuity lies in the toy's dual function - usable as car and as rocking chair. H. Brockhage received awards from Ulmer Hochschule and XII. Triennale, Milan.

Literature: Deutsches Design 1949-1989 - Zwei Länder, eine Geschichte, Vitra Design Museum; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Wüstenrot Stiftung, Ausstellungskatalog, Weil am Rhein, 2021, 104, 105

000313 HBR

Bertil Fridhagen

Vanity for Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors

Made in 1960

Wooden frame construction with two drawers, one small container and a mirror. Oak, teak, teak veneer and mirror glass.

71 x 95 x 40 cm

000311 BF

Hubert Griemert

Vase for the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM) Berlin, Germany

Designed in the 1960s, executed before 1993

Spindle-shaped body, porcelain, white, glazed

16 cm

000352 HG

Jumo

Desk lamp, Jumo, model no. 71, Bagnolet, France

Designed likely in the 1960s

Lamp in brass-coloured metal combinded with lampshade and base made of rounded and ribbed, black lacquered metal parts. Adjustable lampshade, rocker switch.

The designer of this desk lamp has not yet been finally identified. Often this desk lamp is attributed to Eileen Gray and considered a production from the 1930s. However, this has not been proven yet. Alternatively, the lamp is considered a design from the 1960s by André Mounique, cofounder of Jumo. Catalogues and film scenes of the 1960s support this assumption. For reference: https://vintageinfo.be/jumo-model-71-desk-lamp/

000312 VEG

Alexandre Kostanda

Jug, atelier Alexandre Kostanda, Vallauris, France

Designed and presumably executed in the 1950s

Jug in form of a cylinder with spout and handle. Earthenware, reddish brown body, matt white, partly transparent glaze. Incised decoration with stylised depiction of a human being, different figures on both sides.

0003382 AK

Verner Panton

Flower-Pot pendant lamp for Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Designed in 1968 and presumably produced in the early 1970s

Cluster of five pendant lamps, each with two semispherical bowls facing each other, made of turquoise enamelled sheet steel. The bulb is hidden in the lower bowl, which serves as a reflector. The inside of the lower reflector is red.

An icon with clear, powerful expression and atmospheric light. With the Flower-Pot, Panton creates the combination of functional design and sensual experience: typical for the early versions of the Flower-Pot, it has a cheerful colourful appearance and glows with a slightly reddish light. Panton followed Poul Henningsen's theory that a pleasant light should have a reddish tint (see also Hvidberg-Hansen).

Literature: Hvidberg-Hansen, Poul: "Die Quelle des Lichtes", in: von Vegesack, Alexander und Remmele, Matthias, Verner Panton, Das Gesamtwerk, 100-131, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Deutschland, 2000, 108-109

00030 VP

Trude Petri

Vase “Ali Baba" for the Köngliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM) Berlin, Germany

Designed in 1957, executed from 1962 to 1992

Vase in bulbous form with squared-off shoulder, small funnel-shaped neck and diagonally ribbed surface, porcelain, white, glazed.

The Hamburg painter, designer and sculptor started working for KPM Berlin in 1929 after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. In 1936 and 1937, she won the gold medal at the Triennale in Milan and the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris for her Urbino dinner service. On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Trude Petri and Siegmund Schütz, an anniversary exhibition was held at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin at the end of 2006. See also www.kpm-berlin.com

000350 TP

Trude Petri

Vase "Ali Baba", small, for the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM) Berlin, Germany

Designed in 1957, executed from 1962 to 1992

Vase in bulbous form with squared-off shoulder, small funnel-shaped neck and diagonally ribbed surface, porcelain, white, glazed.

The Hamburg painter, designer and sculptor started working for KPM Berlin in 1929 after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. In 1936 and 1937, she won the gold medal at the Triennale in Milan and the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris for her Urbino dinner service. On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Trude Petri and Siegmund Schütz, an anniversary exhibition was held at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin at the end of 2006. See also www.kpm-berlin.com

000351 TP

Studio in Accolay

Vase from Accolay, France

Designed and presumably executed in the 1950s

Earthenware with turquoise glaze on the outside and ochre glaze on the inside. Incised decoration with surrounding sketchy depiction of a harvest scene with people and animals.

In 1945, a group of ceramic artists formed around the ceramist Alexandre Kostanda in Accolay. They received their first significant commission with the production of ceramic buttons for Christian Dior. The technically innovative, growing group of artists in Burgundy was active until 1989.

0003383 UD

Kurt Thut

Six chairs with extending table, model no 042 and 041, executed by Thut Möbel AG, Möriken, Schweiz

Designed 1955

Chairs with seat and swinging backrest in cane, solid wood frame in mahogany. Extending table in solid mahogany, tabletop coated with black textolite.

The Swiss cabinet maker, designer and architect Kurt Thut designed this light and functional chair in 1955 for his diploma work at Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich under the guidance of Willy Guhl. Among Thut's professors were Johannes Itten and Hans Bellmann.

Literature: eMuseum, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, 2020, https://www.emuseum.ch/objects/39612/modell-042
Billing, Joan und Eberli, Samuel: Kurt Thut - Protagonist der Schweizer Wohnkultur, Scheidegger & Spiess, Hrsg. Design & Design, Zürich, 2017, 67-69, 84-89

00031 KT