Rietveld Zig Zag Variation 15 – Thong Chair by Garry Knox Bennett
Hilarious indeed!
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Rietveld Zig Zag Variation 15 – Thong Chair by Garry Knox Bennett
Hilarious indeed!
Rietveld Zig Zag Variation 3 – Duncan by Garry Knox Bennett
In an interview with Stefano Catalani (SC) Garry (GBK) explains:
SC: After the Shaker-inspired Old Ladderback and New Ladderback, you made the Duncan Rietveld, which is inspired by Duncan Phyfe [Ed. A famous American furniture designer. Note to self: find out if he is related to the famous Fife yacht designers].
GKB: And that’s an easy shape to do. There’s no carving in it, you know. I tried to find somebody who could carve me the back splat, the cherubs. I wanted something really gaudy. I found one guy who would do it, but then he asked, ” What are you going to do with it?” I explained to him and he didn’t want his work messed with. So, I could do it, if I could learn how to sharpen a chisel.
SC: You say that very often.
GKB: Yeah, I know, but they’re hard to sharpen. Some people can sharpen them real quick. Wendell Castle can sharpen a chisel in about five minutes. I could carve something, but it would take forever , and the whole idea here as in most of my work, is not to lavish a lot of time on this stuff. We’re just talking ideas here.
Banquette by Maria Pergay
Lot 71
Banquette, c. 1968
Brushed steel, suede. 38 x 300 x 100 cm (15 x 118 x 39 3/8 in) Produced by Design Steel, France.
ESTIMATE £60,000-80,000
Chair WB 301 by Marcel Breuer
Lot 51
Chair, model no. WB 301, c. 1934
Bent aluminum, painted plywood. 74 cm (29 1/8 in) high Manufactured by Embru-Werke AG, Switzerland, for Stylclair, France. Stretcher impressed with ’58 301′ and metal lable with ‘MEUB ES STYLCLAIR/LYON PARIS’.
ESTIMATE £5,000-7,000
Six rare dining Chairs by Marcel Louis Baugniet plus dining table
ca. 1928
ESTIMATE £35,000-40,000