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The collection is made up of three series: Series I: Project Records; Series II: Professional Papers; Series III: Personal Paper
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Felix Augenfeld architectural records and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library. Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
Trudy Jeremias Collection, 1857-2008, (bulk 1930-1980) at the Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History.
Gardiner, Muriel. Code name "Mary" : memoirs of an American woman in the Austrian underground. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1983.
Walter Sobotka architectural records and papers, 1897-1971 (bulk 1922-1954) at Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Jan Hird Pokorny architectural drawings, 1926-1998, (bulk 1947-1998) at Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Gift of Mrs. Augenfeld (accession 1000.040), and Trudy Jeremias (1995.006 and 2002.003).
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
This collection was processed by Barrett Reiter (Graduate Intern) under the supervision of Shelley Hayreh, Avery Archivist, in 2015.
architectural drawings, photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks accessioned 09/18/2002.
2009-06-25 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Felix Augenfeld, (1893-1984) was an Austrian architect and interior designer who worked on primarily residential projects in Vienna, London, and New York. He studied at the Technische Hoehschule (School of Architecture) in Vienna, receiving his degree after his service in the Austrian Army during World War I. Until 1938, when he left Austria for London and then for the United States in 1939, Augenfeld was active in Vienna with his business partner Karl Hofmann, as Hofmann & Augenfeld, and also worked with Professor Oskar Strnad as a stage designer in both Vienna and London. One of Augenfeld's most well-known pieces is Sigmund Freud's office chair, which was commissioned by Sigmund Freud's daughter Mathilde.
When he arrived in New York City, Augenfeld associated with many similarly relocated Viennese designers and architects (such as Walter Sobotka) and maintained contacts with some of his Viennese clients who had also relocated to New York. Among these clients was Muriel Morris Gardiner Buttinger, who – while originally from Chicago – had been living in Vienna prior to World War II and played an instrumental role in assisting Augenfeld in getting both to London and to New York to escape the Nazi regime. This friendship lasted for the rest of their lives and Augenfeld designed the Buttinger's New York City residence and research library at 10 East 87th Street. This building is now a locally designated landmark.
Augenfeld became an American citizen in 1945. Later in life, around 1960, Augenfeld married Anna de Carmel (née Friedlander), an Austrian designer active in ceramics and modern lamp design. This relationship would last until his death in 1984.
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Arranged chronologically by project, from Augenfeld's years in Vienna with Karl Hofmann as Hofmann & Augenfeld (1924 - 1938) to his work in the United States, primarily in New York City, but also extending to the Virgin Islands and Havana. The projects within this section include architecture, interior design, and furniture design (for Henredon Modern and the American Chair Company, as well as private furniture commissions). The series is composed primarily of photographs, plans, and perspectives, but also include blueprints, negatives, and occasionally correspondence. The largest collection of material in this series documents the Joseph and Muriel Buttinger Residence & Research Library at 10 East 87th Street in New York City.
Projects listed prior to 1938 are the work of Augenfeld and co-creator, Karl Hofmann. Any additional creators beyond Hofmann are listed, and most notably include Oskar Strnad and Walter Sobotka. However, Augenfeld's career in New York is largely an independent practice and additional creators are only occasionally listed, such as Anna de Carmel (Anna Augenfeld), or Jan Hird Pokorny.
Box 1 Folder 1
9 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 2
5 exterior photographs; 9 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 3
4 exterior photographs; 7 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 4
12 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 5
Additional creator: Carl Bamberger(?); 8 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 6
7 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 7
1 plan; 5 exterior photographs; 4 interior photographs
Drawer 73
7 drawings (assorted); 2 photocopies of interior renderings
Box 1 Folder 8
4 floor plans; 19 exterior photographs
Drawer 73
4 drawings (assorted)
Box 1 Folder 9
4 exterior photographs; 6 negatives
Box 1 Folder 10
8 photographs
Box 1 Folder 11
Additional creator: V. Kabich; 1 plan; 7 exterior photographs; 3 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 12
18 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 13
Additional creator: Oskar Strnad; 26 photographs
Roll A91.1
Additional creator: Oskar Strnad; 1 perspective (drawn by Augenfeld) (in 1 roll)
Box 1 Folder 14
7 exterior photographs; 5 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 15
7 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 16
Originally stored with the Ernst Schnabel Apartment (1932) and the Szalay Apartment (1933); 9 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 17
3 plans; 8 interior photographs; 1 envelope
Box 1 Folder 18
Originally stored with the Himmelreich Residence (1930); 6 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 19
Additional creator: Walter Sobotka; originally stored with the Feigl Apartment (1932) and the Szalay Apartment (1933); 1 plan; 6 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 20
Additional creator: V. Kahele, K. Schreitl (?); originally stored with the Friedenstein Residence (1925); 10 interior photographs
Roll A45A.12a
Creators: Karl Hofmann, Felix Augenfeld; 5 drawings (in 1 roll)
Box 1 Folder 21
Originally stored with the Ernst Schnabel Apartment (1932) and the Feigl Apartment (1932); 9 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 22
6 interior photographs; 1 envelope
Box 1 Folder 23
Originally stored with the Kaus Apartment (1935) and the P. Apartment (1935); 2 plans, 7 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 24
Originally stored with the Handl Apartment (1935) and the P. Apartment (1935); 7 interior photographs
Box 1 Folder 25
14 interior photographs; 1 photograph of outdoor patio
Box 1 Folder 26
Originally stored with the Handl Apartment (1935) and the Kaus Apartment (1935); 5 interior photographs
Roll A45A.11a
Creators: Karl Hofmann and Felix Augenfeld; 3 drawings; 1 rendering (in 1 roll)
Box 1 Folder 27-28
10 plans; 3 photographs of previous building on site; 4 photographs of exterior façade; 2 photographs of entry; 3 interior photographs; 9 photographs of construction; 28 negatives of demolition and construction; 1 glass slide
Oversize 1 Folder 1
1 photo; 1 rendering
Drawer 73
Housed in 'Assorted' folder; 2 drawings
Box 2 Folder 1
Additional creators: Otto Breuer, Josef Frank, J. (Jacques?) Groag, Loos (no first initial, possibly Walter), Walter Sobotka, Oskar Wlach; 11 interior photographs
Box 2 Folder 2
13 interior photographs
Box 2 Folder 3
1 exterior photograph, 1 interior photograph
Drawer 73
4 drawings (3 ink on trace; 1 pencil on trace)
Box 2 Folder 4
2 interior photographs; 2 magazine pages
Box 2 Folder 5
Additional creator: Simon Schmiderer; 2 magazine pages; 8 photographs
Drawer 73
Additional creator: Simon Schmiderer; 8 photographs
Box 2 Folder 6
Display designed by Augenfeld, uses his 'ExpoNet'; 2 photographs
Box 2 Folder 7
9 interior photographs; 7 magazine pages
Oversize 1 Folder 6
6 drawings (perspectives and plans)
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in ' Sofas & Easy Chairs' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 2 Folder 8
4 pages of clippings; 1 interior photograph
Box 2 Folder 9
3 newspaper clippings; 3 magazine articles; 6 interior photographs
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
2 drawings [Located in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 2 Folder 10
9 interior photographs
Drawer 75
1 drawing
Drawer 73
2 drawings [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 75
2 drawings
Box 2 Folder 11
Display and upholstery fabric designed by Felix Augenfeld; additional creators: John Salterini Co., Holland Shade Company, Plus Studio (Anne de Carmel), and Ceramic Arts members; 2 photographs
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 2 Folder 12-16
Additional creators: Jan Hird Pokorny (Associate Architect), A.D. Ateshoglou (structural engineer), Winfield Bondy (mechanical engineer); 24 Department of Buildings documents; 1 book (1960 AIA Gold Medal Exhibition Catalogue); 6 plans; 32 photographs; 21 small negatives; 68 large negatives; 15 assorted newspaper and magazine clippings
Oversize 1 Folder 2
Additional creators: Jan Hird Pokorny (Associate Architect), A.D. Ateshoglou (structural engineer), Winfield Bondy (mechanical engineer); 1 book of photographs
Drawer 73
4 perspective drawings; 23 drawings; 6 documents for display; 2 negatives; 17 plans; 1 transparency, and its negative on paper; 4 sets of construction drawings (for windows, decking, and decorative metal work; assorted reproductions of plans and sections
Drawer 75
4 drawings
Roll A45A.3-9, A55.1
158 drawings; 2 pages of documentation (in 8 rolls)
Box 3 Folder 1
One room apartment for an actress; 29 interior photographs; 2 newspaper clippings; 6 magazine articles; 2 letters
Box 3 Folder 2
4 exterior photographs; 2 interior photograph; 11 negatives; 1 plan; 1 drawing (plan, elevation, section), 1 envelope; 1 binder containing various drawings, plans, correspondence, and records
Drawer 73
2 perspective drawings (1 pencil on trace; 1 pastel and charcoal on paper)
Roll A91.2a
11 drawings (in 1 roll)
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 3 Folder 3
11 exterior photographs; 6 interior photographs; 1 interior perspective; 1 envelope
Roll A45A.10
22 drawings (in 1 roll)
Drawer 73
2 drawings [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
5 drawings [Located in ' Sofas & Easy Chairs' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in ' Sofas & Easy Chairs' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 3 Folder 4
Additional creator: Michael Zimmer, associated architect; 1 folder containing 1 plan; 7 drawings (plan, elevation, section)
Box 3 Folder 5
3 newspaper clippings (duplicates)
Box 3 Folder 6
5 photographs; 3 magazine clippings
Drawer 73
1 drawings [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing; 2 photocopies [Located in ' Sofas & Easy Chairs' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
2 drawings [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 3 Folder 7
1 folder, containing 19 drawings
Box 3 Folder 10
3 drawings; 3 site plans; 1 St. Croix Road Map
Box 3 Folder 8
2 drawings
Box 3 Folder 9
Majority of construction documents relating to 1979 and 1980, but a number from 1967 and 1976; 59 drawings, perspectives, and construction documents; 46 photographs
Drawer 73
4 drawings
Roll A91.3
10 drawings (in 1 roll)
Roll A91.7
15 drawings (3 plans all dated 1956 were used as folders for other projects, possibly discarded/incorrect drawings) (in 1 roll)
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in ' Sofas & Easy Chairs' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 3 Folder 10
12 drawings
Drawer 75
1 drawing
Roll A91.6
13 drawings (site plans and exterior perspectives included) (in 1 roll)
Roll A91.2b
16 drawings (in 1 roll)
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 3 Folder 11
1 folder, containing 7 drawings
Box 4 Folder 1
4 drawings
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in 'Assorted' folder; was used as a folder for another project, may be incorrect or a discard]
Box 4 Folder 2
additional creator: Anna de Carmel (Anna Augenfeld); 6 drawings; 1 receipt
Drawer 73
Additional creator: Anna de Carmel (Anna Augenfeld) ; 1 drawing [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Box 4 Folder 3
4 drawings
Box 4 Folder 4
Creators: Renato Sobotka (architect), Ala Damaz and Felix Augenfeld (interior design); 1 plan
Roll A45A.1-2
39 drawings (in 2 rolls)
Box 4 Folder 5
Additional creator: Anna "Anny" Augenfeld; 25 drawings; 3 documents
Drawer 73
9 drawings
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Located housed with 'Steiner, Mr. & Mrs. P, residence, (Bridgehampton, NY)']
Box 3 Folder 7
4 pages of drawings
Box 4 Folder 6
27 drawings; 3 documents
Box 4 Folder 7
7 drawings
Box 4 Folder 8
Additional creator: Ala Damaz; 66 drawings
Box 4 Folder 9
Additional creator: Karl Hofmann; approximate date from Augenfeld's notes in retrospect; 12 photographs (of plans, renderings, and perspectives for entry)
Roll A45A.12b
Additional creator: Karl Hofmann; 2 drawings (perspectives) (in 1 roll)
Roll A45A.11b
Additional creators: Karl Hofmann, Hans Vetter; 10 drawings, 1 rendering (in 1 roll)
Box 4 Folder 10
1 drawing
Box 4 Folder 11
2 drawings (plan and perspective)
Drawer 73
1 drawing; 1 plan [Housed in 'Assorted' folder, originally in folder labelled "Kaufmann / Louisiana House (10 Children) / Mexico Project / Arnold Farm, Hollywood / Eisen-Hollywood / W. Teller, Croton"]
Drawer 73
2 perspective drawings [Housed in 'Assorted' folder]
Drawer 75
1 drawing
Drawer 73
2 drawings; 1 perspective [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 75
1 drawing
Drawer 73
1 drawing [Housed in 'Assorted' folder; originally in folder labelled "Kaufmann / Louisiana House (10 Children) / Mexico Project / Arnold Farm, Hollywood / Eisen-Hollywood / W. Teller, Croton"]
Drawer 73
5 drawings; 1 photograph [in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 drawing; 1 original folder for 'Sofas and Easy Chairs' [Located in ' Sofas & Easy Chairs' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
3 drawings [Located in ' Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
1 bird's eye view; 1 perspective through garden into house [Housed in 'Assorted' folder; originally in folder labelled "Kaufmann / Louisiana House (10 Children) / Mexico Project / Arnold Farm, Hollywood / Eisen-Hollywood / W. Teller, Croton"]
Drawer 73
3 drawings (white on black; includes plan, exterior view, and a perspective) [Housed in 'Assorted folder; originally rolled with drawings of 'Teller Residence, (Croton on Hudson, NY)']
Drawer 73
1 exterior of home in landscape; 1 section through house (entryway, ramp, living room) [Housed in 'Assorted' folder, originally in folder labelled "Kaufmann / Louisiana House (10 Children) / Mexico Project / Arnold Farm, Hollywood / Eisen-Hollywood / W. Teller, Croton"]
Drawer 73
1 document [Located in 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.' in 'Furniture Designs' folder; used as the original folder for 'Buffets, Bar Cabinets, etc.']
Drawer 73
1 document [Located in 'Tables or Plant Stands' in 'Furniture Designs' folder; used as the original folder for 'Tables or Plant Stands']
Drawer 73
3 drawings [Located in 'Furniture Designs' folder]
Drawer 73
5 drawings [discarded blueprints with Augenfeld's notes, used as folders for other drawings]
Box 4 Folder 12
29 photographs; 1 magazine clipping; 1 plan
Drawer 73
4 drawings of various projects (Milan, Prague, possibly London and Vienna); 1 folder (original) captioned "Sketches and Perspectives of projects in Vienna, Competition Spilt, Prag, Milan, London (1930-1938)"
Box 4 Folder 13
15 photographs
Box 4 Folder 14
4 newspaper clippings; 9 drawings
Box 4 Folder 15
12 photographs, 3 newspaper clippings
Drawer 75
1 drawing
Drawer 73
283 drawings (sorted by date)
Drawer 73
93 original drawings; 1 index sheet (reproduction and original drawings); 2 bound collections of drawings (reproductions); 2 drawings (reproductions); 1 folder
Box 4 Folder 16
additional creator: Anna de Carmel (Anna Augenfeld); 2 drawings for two apartments (Jack Bazer and Kolodny)
Box 4 Folder 17
Hanging system based on brackets and expanded metal mesh; 1 brochure, with photographs
Drawer 73
originally stored with "Henredon Modern" materials; same design as "Expo-Net" repurposed for the garden; 1 bound collection of drawings (reproductions)
Drawer 73
2 panels (painted patterns on paper: "Perforations" and untitled [Originally in folder labelled "Kaufmann / Louisiana House (10 Children) / Mexico Project / Arnold Farm, Hollywood / Eisen-Hollywood / W. Teller, Croton"]
Consists of documents, articles, and images that Augenfeld used as reference or inspiration, as well as scrapbooks that contain articles and clippings on his work, and his portfolios. This material reflects a more general view of his work or process, instead of the project-focused approach of Series I: Project Records. This series also includes a collection of original textiles (both hand painted and commercially printed) that were designed by Augenfeld for specific projects or for general retail. Some of these textiles can be found in project photos of the finished interiors.
Box 4 Folder 18
Primary creators: Adolf Loos, Otto Wagner, Cl. Holzmeister, Theiss & Jaksch, P. Bahrens, Josef Hoffmann, etc.; 21 photographs; 1 magazine clipping; 1 magazine (Moderne Bauformen)
Box 4 Folder 19
Primary creators: Sobotka, Strnad, Frank, Plischke, Victor Gruenbaum, Baumfeld, Lichtblau, etc.; 26 photographs; 1 brochure; 1 envelope
Box 4 Folder 20
12 photographs, 1 envelope
Box 5 Folder 1-3
3 volumes of photographs, with occasional newspaper clippings
Oversize 2 Folder 1-2
Assorted newspaper clippings and magazine articles
Oversize 1 Folder 3
Primary creators: Haus & Garten; multiple issues of the magazine
Box 5 Folder 4
Correspondence between Augenfeld, Pokorny, Thonet Industries, and the Architectural League;
Box 5 Folder 5
Excerpts and duplicates regarding Augenfeld's work from 6 issues of Domus
Drawer 73
1 certificate
Above OSS Oversize box plus 2 tube boxes
Hand painted textiles and commercially printed versions of Augenfeld's designs. Some can be seen in the interior photographs within Augenfeld's "Project Records" above; 35 textiles (13 hand painted, 22 commercially printed) include 'Deep Sea', 'Pharmacy I', 'Pharmacy II', among others
Consists of photographs, correspondence, writings, personal documents, and awards. Of particular interest is the correspondence regarding Freud's chair design, as well as a brief correspondence regarding Augenfeld's friendship with Richard Neutra. The largest part of this series consists of photographs, which are grouped with regard to original order and by subject.
Box 5 Folder 6
Additional creators: Muriel Morris Gardiner (Buttinger), The American Consulate; 29 documents (English and German), includes letters between Augenfeld and Gardiner, and a letter from Augenfeld to Richard Neutra
Box 5 Folder 7
1 death certificate; 2 documents; 3 passports
Box 5 Folder 8
Additional creators: AIA, Richard Neutra, 16 documents, including correspondence, certificates, applications, and a curriculum vitae
Box 5 Folder 9
2 awards
Drawer 73
1 license from the University of the State of New York
Box 5 Folder 10
71 documents; 1 photograph; 7 newspaper clippings regarding Augenfeld's design for Freud's chair, as well as the location and acquisition of a bronze bust of Freud by Paul Koenigsberger
Box 5 Folder 11
2 letters (with copies)
Box 5 Folder 12
14 documents; 1 folder
Box 5 Folder 13
37 documents
Box 6 Folder 1-2
2 notebooks; 1 short story (2 copies); 10 chapters (multiple versions regarding time spent in the army and as a prisoner of war); 1 binder; 7 letters
Box 6 Folder 3
series of Christmas cards in album
Box 6 Folder 4
63 photographs; 7 negatives
Oversize 1 Folder 4
1 photograph
Box 6 Folder 5
Served in Italy during WWI; 15 photographs
Box 6 Folder 6
49 photographs; 3 negatives
Box 6 Folder 7
Accepting an award with photographs of the Buttinger Residence in the background; 3 photographs
Box 6 Folder 8
Includes Anna Augenfeld; 86 photographs; 10 negatives
Box 7 Folder 1
Felix Augenfeld's mother, Paula Augenfeld (née Bendiener) and his maternal grandfather, Gottlieb Bendiener; 26 photographs
Box 7 Folder 2
61 photographs; 11 negatives [Known as Anna de Carmel in the design world]
Box 7 Folder 3
7 photographs; 9 negatives labeled "Wein, 1958" (Vienna, 1958)
Box 7 Folder 4
20 photographs; 1 envelope
Box 7 Folder 5
4 photographs
Box 7 Folder 6
Jacques (an architect) and Jacqueline (a textile designer), friends of the Augenfelds; 32 photographs; 6 negatives
Box 7 Folder 7
12 photographs
Box 7 Folder 8
Ulrike "Uli" Lloyd Pack (née Pulay) married to actor Charles Lloyd Pack; 21 photographs
Box 7 Folder 9
37 photographs
Box 7 Folder 10
Includes images of Bethold Viertel, Ossip Vadkine, Conrad Veidt, and Marianne K.; 21 photographs; 4 negatives; 3 Christmas cards
Box 7 Folder 11
35 items
Box 7 Folder 12-14
Assorted photos and negatives of Augenfeld's travels; 195 photographs; 49 negatives; 28 postcards
Oversize 1 Folder 5
1 photograph with poem, signed 'Sibyl'