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'Frankfurt kitchen'

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. 'Frankfurt Kitchen', 1926. H. 230 x 296 x 60 cm; stove: H. 81.5 x 82.5 x 49.5 cm; free-standing shelf: H. 110 x 79.5 x 24 cm. Made by Grumbach, Frankfurt (attributed) for municipal works service, Frankfurt. Several kinds of wood, specifically chosen according to purpose (e.g. oak against vermin, beech for the worktop, softwood for the frame), painted blue, sink of cast metal, enamelled white, brass with patina, black linoleum, eight aluminium containers. Stove marked: ORIGINAL BOECKER.

With: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Warum ich Architektin wurde, Salzburg 2004; Helen Barr/Ulrike May, Das Neue Frankfurt, Spaziergänge durch die Siedlungen Ernst Mays und die Architektur seiner Zeit, Frankfurt 2007; contemporary postcard of Frankfurt - Heddernheim, and several small parts. The kitchen is not complete; several parts were replaced.

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Hammer Price: 10,000 €

112A -
10. December 2013 at

Literature:

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Warum ich Architektin wurde, p. 145-163; Frauen im Design, p. 160-173; Cat. Die Frankfurter Küche von Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky aus der Sammlung des MAK Wien, Berlin 1992.

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