Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Kho Liang Ie (1927-1975) was the in house Art Director for Artifort for many years. He introduced Pierre Paulin and Geoffrey Harcourt to Artifort. He has also designed some chairs and sofas for Artifort.
This one on auction Today at Venduehuis The Hague.
Lot 90 with an estimate of Euro 250 – 300.
Update: Sold for Euro 250.
Last edited by Guido J. van den Elshout on October 19, 2012
Recently I posted about Yayoi Kusama. Here the lady her good self almost invisible in her dotted sofa.
Found on The Red List‘s FB Page
Bauhaus must have influenced this French designer.
Sofa, ca. 1932
Limed oak, iron, brass, fabric.
31 x 98 1/2 x 40 1/4 in (78.7 x 250.2 x 102.2 cm)
ESTIMATE $50,000 – 70,000SOLD AT $122,500
PROVENANCE Walter Haas, Zurich
Wolfgang Joop, Germany
Sotheby’s, ‘Property from the Collection of Wolfgang Joop’, New York, December 12, 2003, lot 319
Christie’s, ‘Important 20th Century Decorative Art and Design’, New York, December 18, 2007, lot 291
And this is a Banana Chair for two, a banana sofa, or maybe a banana love seat.
Via the ever humorous Moggit
Note: Winning Billiards doesn’t seem in operation. Therefore I omitted the link.
