Orange cloth cover, tapered wooden feet
Germany, 1970s
Colourful 70s design
Dimensions: 88 x 74 x 49 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Hotel Bogota Berlin, lounge
In one of these chairs, the German actress Hannah Herzsprung was photographed for a special edition of the iconic magazine ‘The Manipulator’

These two armchairs from the 1970s used to be in the lounge of the Hotel Bogota. They are covered with a bright orange fabric – in the typical style of the period. In 2007 the German actress Hannah Herzsprung (b.1981) was photographed in such an armchair by the American photographer and film director Bruce Weber (b. 1946) for a special edition of the iconic magazine ‘The Manipulator’. Together with the founders of the influential magazine, Wilhelm Moser and David Colby, and in collaboration with the Studio Babelsberg, the issue was conceived around the theme of Berlin.



Both chairs are in good condition with signs of age and wear. The covers shows stains here and there. The chairs measure 88 cm in height, 74 cm in width, with a seat depth of 49 cm.



Hotel Bogota Berlin

The Hotel Bogota at Schlüterstrasse 45, around the corner from the Kurfürstendamm, was founded in 1964 by Heinz Rehwald, a Jewish emigrant, who had fled to Colombia during the Nazi regime and named the hotel after the capital city of his adoptive country. He chose a house built in 1911/12, which used to be a residential and commercial building attracting illustrious residents in the 1920s and 30s. One of them was the entrepreneur and collector Oskar Skaller, whose walls were hung with works by Renoir, Van Gogh and Liebermann. The well-known fashion photographer Yva occupied the fourth and fifth floor with her husband. From 1936 onwards Helmut Newton worked as an apprentice and later as an assistant in her studio. After the expropriation, the house was used by the Reich Chamber of Culture, whose director Hans Hinkel had his office on the second floor. After the war the British used the facilities at Schlüterstraße 45.



In 1976 the Rissmann family took over the hotel with a total of 123 rooms and eventually made it to a forum for photography, with temporary exhibitions. Until recently the hotel used to be a famous institution in Berlin. It was used as a location for numerous film and photo shoots. Among the prominent guests were regulars such as the renowned Magnum photographer René Burri and the British actor Rupert Everett, who was incidentally the name giver for one of the rooms. In 2013 the Bogota was forced to close its doors. Remaining are the furniture, paintings and memorabilia telling the story of this unique hotel steeped in history. (tfa)

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