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THBFrank Gehry for Knoll Vintage "Face Off" Glass Top Table and 4 "Hat Trick" Bentwood Armchairs
Lot 176
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Rafael Osona Auctions
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Nantucket, MA 02584
United States
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Frank Gehry for Knoll "Face Off" Glass Top Dining Table and 4 "Hat Trick" Bentwood Armchairs.
Table Height 29 in. Diameter 40 in.
Chair Height 33 in. Width 22 in. Depth 21 in. Seat Height 18 in.
Note: The retail price for the "Face Off" table is $3,386 and chairs retails for over $2,171 each
Gehry's designs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Gehry created his bentwood furniture collection for Knoll in 1992. Inspired by the surprising strength of a wooden bushel basket, he sought to fully integrate material and design, creating a structurally and aesthetically light masterpiece. He explained:
"...all bentwood furniture until now has relied on a thick and heavy main structure and then an intermediary structure for the seating. The difference in my chairs is that structure and the seat are formed of the same incredible lightweight slender wood strops which serve both functions. The material forms a single and continuous idea. What makes this all work and gives it extraordinary strength is the interwoven, basket-like character of the design."
Frank Gehry (b. Toronto Canada 1919) is one of the most celebrated architects of the second half of the 20th century, Frank Gehry has made a career of pushing boundaries and questioning what architecture can do. After studying at UCLA, Gehry pursued his graduate studies at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. He has served on the faculty at Harvard and Yale, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Gehry was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1972.
His most famous buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhine, Germany and the Dancing House in Prague, Czech Republic. His collection of cardboard furniture, Easy Edges, set a new precedent for the use of materials in furniture making. ~ From an interview originally run in Architectural Record (c) February 1992, The McGraw-Hill Companies.Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.Condition
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