Coffee table
This coffee table features four retractable shelves, each extending twelve inches. Signed with applied label to side: [Gabriella Crespi].
This coffee table features four retractable shelves, each extending twelve inches. Signed with applied label to side: [Gabriella Crespi].
Literature: Jean Prouvé Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Sulzer, pg. 289 Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, ppg. 330, 334-335
Provenance: Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris | Delorenzo 1950, New York | Private collection
Literature: Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition - Craftsman and Visionary, Barry Friedman, Ltd., fig. 32 illustrates this chair The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Voge, ppg. 82-83 The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Baroni, ppg. 136-137
The highly detailed and labor-intensive Bush series illustrates a mastery of welded metal sculpture by Harry Bertoia. Initially growing out of an exploration of natural forms using wire or brass-coated iron, the Bush forms became more refined throughout the 1960s.
This work is number four from the edition of fifty. Signed with applied
metal studio label to underside: [Frank Gehry Bubbles 4/50 Published By
New City Edition 1987].
Wright Auction House
Chicago, IL
On the 8th of June, Wright will hold its third Design specific sale in 2010. The sale includes many pieces from important mid-century designers with few contemporary pieces. It is clear auction houses are not ready to gamble on emerging names.
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