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
FERNANDO AND HUMBERTO CAMPANA Cartoon Chair, 2007
Stuffed toy animals, tubular stainless steel. 81.3 cm. (32 in.) high Number two from an edition of five from the Disney Collection, plus 25 editioned pieces and a five artist’s proofs. One animal embroidered ‘CARTOON CHAIR 02 / 05 DISNEY COLLECTION/CAMPANAS AND DISNEY’.
ESTIMATE £25,000-35,000 ?
Via Phillips de Pury
FERNANDO (b. 1961) AND HUMBERTO (b. 1953) CAMPANA
‘BLACK IRON CHAIR (STAINLESS STILL)’ AN ELECTROSTATIC PAINT-COATED IRON CHAIR, DESIGNED 2004
Estimate $30,000 – $50,000
Sale Information
Sale 2119
contemporary design
8 September 2008
New York, Rockefeller PlazaLot Description
FERNANDO (b. 1961) AND HUMBERTO (b. 1953) CAMPANA
‘Black Iron Chair (Stainless Still)’ An Electrostatic Paint-Coated Iron Chair, designed 2004
executed by Estudio Campana, Sao Paolo, Brazil, number 2 from the edition of 12
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high, 48 in. (122 cm.), 31 in. (78.8 cm.) deep
ProvenancePrivate collection (acquired directly from the artists).
Lot NotesThe ‘Black Iron Chair’ is part of the ‘Iron Series’, which also includes the ‘Blue Iron Chair’ and the ‘Red Iron Chair’. For this series, the Campanas’ experimented with shapes and lines, creating an effect of ‘frozen’ lines floating in air.
Designed by Fernando and Humberto Campana (Brazilian, b. 1961, b. 1953 ) Manufactured by Edra Designed in Brazil, 1993, Manufactured in Italy, 2007 Steel structure, hand-woven and dyed cotton rope
Chair courtesy of Edra
Photo: Andrew Garn
Via Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum [Ed: link disappeared since posting].
Via DesignBoom campana brothers select exhibition