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Prototype Origami chair by Philip Michael Wolfson

Prototype Origami chair by Philip Michael Wolfson

Prototype Origami Chair by Philip Michael Wolfson

Prototype ‘Origami’ chair, designed 1991, executed 2007

Folded and welded sheet steel. 70 cm. (27 1/2 in.) high Produced by Patrick Brillet/The Apartment Design & Art Gallery, Ltd., UK. From the ‘left’ edition of eight. Underside inscribed with signature ‘p m wolfson’.

ESTIMATE £5,000-7,000 ♠

PROVENANCE Patrick Brillet Fine Art, Ltd., London, UK

EXHIBITED ‘Super Design’, No. 1, The Piazza, London, 9 October–14 October 2007

LITERATURE Robert Klanten, et al., eds., Desire: The Shape of Things to Come, Berlin, 2008, p. 86, fig. 1

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Am quite curious what the result will be on April 7, 2011. A production model was sold for $21,250 on June 12, 2008

Glass Chair by Shiro Kuramata

Glass Chair by Shiro Kuramata
Glass Chair by Shiro Kuramata, designed 1976.

Glass, Photobond 100 adhesive. 89.2 cm (35 1/8 in) high Produced by the Mihoya Glass Co. Ltd., Japan. From the edition of 40. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Meiko Kuramata.

ESTIMATE £35,000-40,000
SOLD AT £39,650

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Sieben Kugel Chair by Josef Hoffmann

Sieben Kugel or 7 balls Chair by Josef Hoffmann

Recently there were two Sieben Kugel Chairs or Seven Balls Chairs for sale at Phillips de Pury & Company and each chair fetched $ 37,500.

Rare side chair, for the Kunstschau Wien 1908, model no. 371, ca. 1908

Beechwood, leather. 43 in. (109.2 cm.) high Produced by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Austria.

ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000

SOLD AT $37,500

Fritzi’s Chair by Robert Wilson

Fritzi's Chair by Robbert Wilson

Fritzi’s Chair by Robert Wilson, c. 1999

Tempered clear and frosted glass. 108 cm (42 1/2 in) high Produced for RW Work Ltd by Glass Impressions, USA. Number five from the edition of ten. Originally designed for the theatrical production The Days Before: Death, Destruction and Detroit III, 1999

ESTIMATE £2,000-3,000.
SOLD AT £3,250

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Sit! Chair by Ron Arad

Sit! Chair by Ron Arad

Sit! chair, c. 1990

Mirror-polished stainless steel, tempered sprung steel. 92 cm (36 in) high Produced by The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands. Number 17 from the edition of 20 plus five artist’s proofs. Side incised with 17 / 20 Ron Arad.

ESTIMATE £40,000-60,000

SOLD AT £43,250

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