Stool by André Sornay
Lot 44, Andeé Sornay Stool, 1930s Mahogany, fabric. 50 cm (19 7/8 in) high
ESTIMATE £3,000-5,000
Tag: Phillips (Phillips de Pury & Company)
The Phillips auction house that formerly was known as Phillips de Pury and Company
Isn’t it romantic? Chair installation by Vedovamazzei
Isn’t it romantic? Chair installation by Vedovamazzei SOLD AT £10,000
2004-2006
Chair, Crystal. 50 × 81 × 42 cm (19 3/4 × 31 7/8 × 16 1/2 in).
ESTIMATE £8,000-12,000 â™
SOLD AT £10,000
PROVENANCE Galleria Umberto Di Marino, Naples
EXHIBITED VOLTA09, Basel 2009
Orgone Stretch Lounge by Marc Newson at Phillips de Pury & Company
Orgone Stretch Lounge (1993) by Marc Newson on auction May 14, 2010 with a whopping Estimate of $400,000-$600,000:
Polished aluminum, enameled aluminum. 24 3/8 x 70 1/2 x 32 5/8 in. (61.9 x 179.1 x 82.9 cm). Produced by POD Edition, UK. Artist’s proof number one of two for the edition of six. Underside impressed with Pod logo and “MARC NEWSON/POD EDITION/AP 1.†This is the only example produced with black interior.
PROVENANCE The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands; Private Collection
LITERATURE Phil Starling, “An Australian in Paris,†Blueprint, February 1994, front cover and p. 29; Volker Albus and Volker Fischer, 13 Nach Memphis: Design Zwichen Askese und Sinnlichkeit, Munich, 1995, p. 127; Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 172; Alice Rawsthorn, “Marc Newson,†I.D. Magazine, January/February 1996, p. 70; Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson, London, 1999, pp. 90-93; Museu do Design: Luxo, Pop, Cool, De 1937 Até Hoje, exh. cat., Museu do Design, Lisbon, 1999, fig. 224; Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, London, 2002, pp. 144-145; Louise Neri, ed., Marc Newson, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2007, p. 64
Pink Electric Chair by Ivan Navarro
Pink electric chair by Ivan Navarro, 2006
Pink fluorescent light bulbs, painted aluminium and electrical fixtures. This work is from an edition of three.
ESTIMATE £15,000-20,000
SOLD AT £34,850
PROVENANCE Roebling Hall, New York
Pair of Skeleton stools by Alex Roskin, 2006
Pair of Skeleton stools by Alex Roskin, 2006
Rosewood, bronze (2). One: 16 1/4 x 28 3/4 x 28 in. (41.3 x 73 x 71.1 cm); the other: 17 1/2 x 28 x 21 1/4 in. (44.5 x 71.1 x 54 cm).
ESTIMATE $4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.