LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oak and lacquered steel

Measurements:

32.13 in. (81.60 cm.) (height) by 45.12 in. (114.60 cm.) (width) by 24.02 in. (61.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Exhibited:

Gaudi & Busquets, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, November 4-December 20, 1986. Furniture by Gaudi and Busquets, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, September 9-November 26, 1996. Nouveau to Modern: Transitions in Art and Design, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, January 16-March 2, 2013

Literature:

Le Corbusier, Joaquim Gomis and Joan Prats-Vallès, Gaudi, 1958, Barcelona, pl. 46. James Johnson Sweeney and Josep L. Sert, Antoni Gaudi, London, 1960, pl. 84. Les Sources du XXeme Siècle, exh. cat., Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1961, no. 262. Roberto Pane, Antonio Gaudi, Milan, 1964, p. 197 and pls. 268-269 and 274. Eusebi Casanelles, Antonio Gaudi : A Reappraisal, Barcelona, 1965, p. 102 and pls. XCII and XCIII. Juan Perucho, Gaudi: Una Arquitechtura de Anticipacion, Barcelona, 1967, pls. 13, 27 and 28. Cesar Martinell, Gaudi: Su Vida, Su Theora, Su Obra, Barcelona, 1967, p. 149. Joan Bergos Masso, Gaudi. El hombre y la Obra, Barcelona, 1974, p. 87. Riccardo Dalisi, Gaudi Furniture and Objects, New York, 1979, pp. 79-85 (for the drawings of the bench). Joan Bassedoga Nonell, El Gran Gaudi, Sabadell, 1989, p. 373. Gabriele Fahr-Becker, L'Art Nouveau, Cologne, 1998, p. 197. Joan Bargos, Gaudi the Man and his Work, Boston, New York, London, 1999, pp. 218-223. J. Padro Margo, Colonia Güell. Industria, Arquitectura y Sociedad, Barcelona, 2002, p. 61. Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, 2003, pp. 132-133

Provenance:

Crypt of the Colonia Güell, Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Barcelona. Eduardo Uhart, Paris. Ben Birillo, New York, acquired from the above, circa 1976. Allan Stone Gallery, New York, acquired from the above in 1982