CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) and LEOPOLD BAUER (1872-1938) MEISTER DER INNEN KUNST: HAUS ELNES KUNST FREUNDES II, 1901 published by Alexander Koch, Darmstadt, to include SIX FRAMED DESIGN PRINTS, each taken from the original album by Mackintosh, each print approx. 30.5 x 52cm; and PAGE 1 of the same album; together with FOUR PAGES FORM THE ALBUM BY BAUER, including the title page, pages 1 and 2 and one page with two designs, within an associated portfolio Qty: (6) 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.