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“In a thrift store was a row of 4 chairs joined together with mannequin parts & mirrors..” Chair Painting by Jim Shaw

Shaw, Jim (b. 1952) > 1990s > Drawings & Watercolors > American > Contemporary

Title FIRST OPEN POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART Location New York, Rockefeller Plaza Sale Date Apr 01, 2008 Lot Number 0050 A Sale Number 1970

Creator Jim Shaw (b. 1952)

Lot Title Untitled (In NYC I Saw Some Paintings…)

Estimate 10,000 – 15,000 U.S. dollars

Lot Description Jim Shaw (b. 1952) Untitled (In NYC I Saw Some Paintings…) signed, inscribed and dated ‘Jim Shaw 96’ (on the reverse) graphite on paper 12 x 9 in. (30.4 x 22.8 cm.) Drawn in 1996.

Inscribed on the reverse: 1. In NYC I saw some paintings by Cindy Sherman and William Wegman. I’d left behind some thrift store paintings including this city scape with phalanxes of eyeball & flower headed people talking w eyes on stalks coming out of his palms. 2. I was writing down ideas on the gallery floor & thought of having texts inside croquet goals with hallmark “studio” card figures playing the game. 3. In a thrift store was a row of 4 chairs joined together with mannequin parts & mirrors and another row of 3 objects together. I couldn’t fit them into my car. 4. Near my folks house, Nancy Evans, Kosamund and I find a garbage can filled with tiny paintings. 5. After seeing a crowd gather around an argument on Ashman street, I got on an elevator which got stuck then opened up to a woman wearing a giant Peter Max Face outfit. 6. In a parking garage there was a statue with flaming hair. In the background a band played & Mike was usuing a wrench to blow cars up. Provenance Patrick Painter, Santa Monica Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Update: Price Realized: $23,750

4 Leather Chromed SMB680 Chairs by Ernst Moeckl and Carl-Heinz Bergmiller

Sale Title including a Private Collection of English Arts & Crafts Location New York, Rockefeller Plaza Sale Date Mar 26, 2008 Lot Number 0302 Sale Number 1979

Creator A SET OF FOUR LEATHER, CHROMED-METAL AND MAHOGANY ‘SBM 680’ CHAIRS, DESIGNED 1958 Lot Title ERNST MOECKL (B. 1931) AND CARL-HEINZ BERGMILLER (B. 1928)

Estimate 6,000 – 8,000 U.S. dollars

designed 1958 manufactured by Wilde & Spieth, Essen; together with two assembly keys an original publication material from Wilde & Spieth each 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) high (4) Lot Notes Chairs of this design were included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg and the Haus Industrieform in Essen.

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Pair of Ron Arad designed Rocking Chairs

Arad, Ron (b. 1951)

Sale Title MODERN DESIGN Location London, South Kensington Sale Date Mar 04, 2008 Lot Number 0214 Sale Number 5337 Creator

PAIR OF ROCKING CHAIRS Lot Title RON ARAD

Estimate 2,000 – 3,000 British pounds

designed 1981, for One-Off, black-enamelled and chromed steel, plastic-coated springs 58.5cm. high (2)

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8 Stacking Chairs by Robert Mallet-Stevens

Stacking Chairs by Robert Mallet-Stevens, Robert (1886-1945)

Sale Title MODERN DESIGN Location London, South Kensington

Sale Date Mar 04, 2008 Lot Number 0198 Sale Number 5337

SET OF EIGHT STACKING CHAIRS

ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS; ATTRIBUTED

Estimate 2,000 – 3,000 British pounds

painted tubular steel and wood 82cm. high (8)

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Otto Wagner’s Postsparkasse Chair for Thonet

 

Wagner, Otto (1841-1918)

Sale Title MODERN DESIGN Location London, South Kensington Sale Date Mar 04, 2008 Lot Number 0195 Sale Number 5337

Creator SIDE CHAIR Lot Title OTTO WAGNER

Estimate 800 – 1,200 British pounds

designed 1906, manufactured by Thonet, for use in the Deposits Office of the Österreichische Postsparkasse, Vienna 89cm. high

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