Vodööl Chair installation by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Recently this Vodööl Chair installation by Coop Himmelb(l)au (Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky) in 1989 for Vitra AG/Basel, fetched € 10,000 at Dorotheum in Vienna.
Category: chair art
Splatter Chair 1 by Richard Artschwager
Splatter Chair 1 by Richard Artschwacher
Found this piece at Designbooms article still life with chair – installations and manipulations of the undemanding object. It is part of the MoMa Collection.
The Height of Function by Courtney Buckingham 2012
The Height of Function by Courtney Buckingham 2012
Or the chair disappears in the wall…
Via mandatoryobsessions
The Birth of Ruth Francken’s “Homme” Chair
The Birth of Ruth Francken’s “Homme” Chair
I came across this photo of a humanoid chair. I searched the web via Google Images (copy the image in the image search field and you get similar images and links – click this link for the result). So I found a post at MONDOBLOGO with more background info.
In 1971 French designer Ruth Francken took a fine looking young man and copied his beautiful backside with plaster to create a mold for the “Homme” Chair (Ruth was French and Homme is French for man).
The final Homme Chair was isued in a limited edition. Later (1988) two more series of limited editions were made: 150 examples in black, 150 examples in white by Gallerie X, 1988, lacquered polyester and tubular steel.
Some auction results:
- Christie’s South Kensington, 4 March 2008: Estimate £3,000 – £4,000 ($5,955 – $7,940) – Price Realized £9,375 ($18,609). (Second edition).
- Christie’s Paris 28 May 2008: Price Realized €57,850 ($91,243) – Estimate €15,000 – €20,000 ($24,000 – $31,000). (First Edition, lot 400). At the same auction there was a second chair that fetched €48,250 ($76,101) (First edition, Lot 399.
- in 2011 at Christie’s London (King Street, October, 25) the result was £17,500 ($27,948) (First Series)
Bronze Bench
Bronze Bench
Via palomitacumplido:
#streetart #urban #chair (Taken with instagram)
(Source: http://instagr.am/p/G_e0B7RKOP/)