Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Cartoon banquette, 2007
Stuffed toy animals, tubular stainless steel. 32 in. (81.3 cm.) high Produced by Estudio Campana, Brazil. From an edition of 25 plus five artist’s proofs and five from the Disney Collection.
ESTIMATE $40,000-60,000PROVENANCE Albion Gallery, London
The Spirit House Chair by Daniel Libeskind at an auction. I had coined this chair the Diamond Chair and the manufacturer the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal Chair…what’s in a name:-)
DANIEL LIBESKIND
“Spirit House†chair, 2007
Brushed and polished stainless steel, leather. 33 in. (83.8 cm.) high Manufactured by Klaus Nienkämper, Canada. Number 31 from an edition of 100. Top edge impressed with artist’s facsimile signature and “by/nienkämper/31 / 100.â€
ESTIMATE $15,000-20,000LITERATURE Yoshio Futagawa, “Renaissance ROM (Extension to the Royal Ontario Museum: The Crystal),” GA Document, July 2007, Tokyo, p. 33; Kelvin Browne, Bold Visions: The Architecture of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 2008, p. 25
Bidding
RON ARAD
Unique and important Wild Crow chaise, ca. 1990
Mirror-polished stainless steel, patinated mild steel. 63 x 45 x 27 1/4 in. (160 x 114.3 x 69.2 cm.) Produced by One Off Ltd., UK.
ESTIMATE $160,000-180,000LITERATURE Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad: Restless Furniture, New York, 1989, p. 58 for a similar example; Yukio Futagawa, Sticks and Stones. One Offs & Short Runs. Ron Arad 1980-1990, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1990, p. 120-121 for “Wild Crow 2”
GEORGE NAKASHIMA
Bench, ca. 1965
Burled oak, walnut. 15 x 54 x 22 in. (38.1 x 137.2 x 55.9 cm.) Underside signed in pencil with “Thompson.â€
ESTIMATE $30,000-35,000
Wooden Stool by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
Rare and important stool, 1933
Macassar ebony-veneered wood, leather, wood. 18 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. (47 x 55.2 x 39.1 cm.)
ESTIMATE $25,000-35,000PROVENANCE Employee at the Mies van der Rohe studio, Am Karlsbad 24, Berlin; Private Collection, Berlin
LITERATURE Wita Noack, Konsentrat Der Moderne, Bonn, 2008, p. 235
The History of Steel would be incomplete without a chapter titled ‘Mies van der Rohe,’ for that material is greatly reinforced by his name. Mies built all his best-known chairs from seats of steel—chrome, stainless, nickel-plated. Despite a metal fixation, his choice of…
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