LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Fiberglass-reinforced polyester resin core, blind-riveted sheet aluminum, paint

Measurements:

34.49 in. (87.60 cm.) (height) by 65.75 in. (167.00 cm.) (width) by 24.49 in. (62.20 cm.) (width)

Edition:

in addition to the edition of ten plus four artist's proofs

Description:

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Markings:

Underside impressed with BASECRAFT.

Literature:

Davina Jackson, Open the Pod Door, Blueprint, February 1990, pp. 28-29; Mario Romanelli, Marc Newson: Progetti tra il 1987 e il 1990, Domus, March 1990, p. 67; Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 172-173; Mel Byars, 50 Chairs: Innovations in Design and Materials, Crans-Prés-Celigny, 1997, pp. 94-97; Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson, London, 1999, pp. 18-21; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p. 605; Sarah Nichols, Aluminum by Design, exh. cat., Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2000, front and back covers and p. 264; Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, London, 2002, pp. 154-155; Benjamin Loyauté, Le Design Aluminium au XXe Siècle, Connaissance des Arts, October 2003, p. 98; Marc Newson Pop On Pop Off, exh. cat., Groninger Museum, 2004, pp. 1 and 12-13; Steven Skov Holt and Mara Holt Skov, Blobjects and Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design, San Francisco, 2005, p. 38; Phaidon Design Classics, Volume Three, London, 2006, no. 860; Deyan Sudjic, The Language of Things, London, 2008, front cover and pp. 206-207; Sophie Lovell, Limited Edition: Prototypes, One-Offs and Design Art Furniture, Basel, 2009, p. 249; David Linley, Charles Cator and Helen Chislett, Star Pieces: The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture, New York, 2009, front cover and p. 198

Provenance:

Marc Newson, Australia; Private Collection, Australia; Sotheby's, Important 20th Century Design, New York, June 14, 2006, Lot 162; Sebastian + Barquet, New York