Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
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Slab Settee by George Nakashima
‘Slab’ settee, c. 1970
Walnut, hickory. 81.9 x 167 x 58.4 cm. (32 1/4 x 65 3/4 x 23 in.) Underside signed in pencil with ‘Skriloff’.
ESTIMATE £10,000-12,000Not sold
PROVENANCE Skriloff Family, USA
LITERATURE Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 147 and 223 for similar examples
Ashaki Bench by Hugo Franca
Via Phillips de Pury & Company.
Red no. 6 by Zhang Peng
C-print. 150 x 152 cm. (59 x 59 7/8 in). This work is from an edition of eight and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
ESTIMATE £5,000-7,000 ‡
SOLD AT £7,500
Prototype Pane Chair by Tokujin Yoshioka.
A prototype ‘Pane’ chair, 2006
Polyester elastomer fiber. 80 cm. (31 1/2 in.) high From the edition of 29 plus ten artist’s proofs. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the artist.
ESTIMATE £8,000-12,000 Ω
SOLD AT £11,875
Red No. 8 by Zhang Peng
Red No. 8, 2008
Color coupler print. 32 5/8 x 78 3/4 in. (82.9 x 200 cm). Signed, numbered 4/8 in ink, printed title and date on a Certificate of Authenticity accompanying the work.
ESTIMATE $6,000-8,000