Chrome-plated steel, leather
Presumably Germany, around 1980
Modern design
Dimensions: 101.5 x 42 x 40 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Hotel Bogota Berlin, ‘cinema’

This modern bar stool shows the quintessential design of the 1980s. The frame is made of chromed steel, the seat and backrest are made of black leather. Until recently the stool stood in the cinema of the Hotel Bogota, where it was used by musicians during concerts, for example by the Andreas Hofschneider quartet with Andrej Hermlin (b. 1965) on the piano. The renowned Berlin swing band plays the legendary songs by the King of Swing Benny Goodman (1909-1986), who, as a young man, incidentally performed at Schlüterstraße 45 at a party given by the entrepreneur Oskar Skaller.



The stool is in good condition with signs of age and wear. The stool has a back height of 101.5 cm and a seat height of 67 cm. The width is 42 cm, the seat depth is 40 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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