Lot 344
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)
(HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER) MEISTER DER INNEN KUNST: HAUS EINES KUNSTFREUNDES II, 1902
Auction: 26 April 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
a portfolio of fourteen designs; twelve in colour, three with additional silver or gold printing, published by Alexander Koch, Darmstadt, with three title pages of text by Herman Muthesius, and including designs for: Plans of ground and first floors, West and East Elevations, North Elevation (supplied in facsimile), South Elevation, Perspective from South East, Perspective from North West, Perspective of the Music Room Elevation of Music Room Windows, etc., with original board cover and remains of ribbon ties, contained within new customised cloth box with facsimile of title page on front board (2)
Dimensions
54.6cm x 40.4cm
Footnote
Note: A competition to design a house for a connoisseur of the arts was announced in the December 1900 issue of 'Zeitschrift für Innendekoration', published by Alexander Koch. It seems reasonable to assume that Mackintosh would have heard about the competition on his visit to Vienna at the end of 1900, where it would almost certainly have been a topic of discussion amongst the architects and designers he met at the Secession, especially as J.M. Olbrich, who had become a good friend, was to be one of the judges. The closing date was 25th March 1901, and the adjudication was set for 16th and 17th May 1901, at Darmstadt. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified initially because he did not submit the required number of interior perspectives; but, after preparing these, he was awarded a prize of 600 marks and the drawings were reproduced in one of three folios of competition drawings issued in 1902 under the title 'Meister der Innenkunst'. No first prize was awarded, the prize money being divided between more than sixteen competitors. The second prize was given to M.H. Baillie Scott; and the third was shared by Leopold Bauer and Oskar Marmorek of Vienna and Paul Zeroch of Coblenz.