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On Jun-12-08 at 11:00:00 PDT will be sold at Phillips de Pury an important lot of unique furnitures designed by Marc Newson. Updates with auction results.
An important vase (for Coast restaurant, London) Medium glass, of pale blue tone with darker blue overlay around the body Size: 18.9 x 0 in. / 48 x 0 cm. Year : 1995
Sale Of Sotheby's London: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 [Lot 11] Fine 20th Century Design Estimate 18,000 - 25,000 BP (US$ 35,643 - 49,504)
Magis design will be showing a series of designs from their new collection during the salone del mobile. This will include the new chair from Jasper Morrison, the Pipe chair.
1985rom an edition of eight hardboard, piano hinges and wing-nut connectors
MEASUREMENTS measurements note 31 7/8 in. (81 cm) high
PROVENANCE Private Collection, United Kingdom Phillips London June 8, 1999, lot 368 Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Manolo De Giorgi, "Jasper Morrison 1985-1988," Domus, May 1988, p. 79 Jasper Morrison: Designs, Projects and Drawings 1981-1989, London, 1990, p. 25 Jasper Morrison, Everything but the Walls, Baden, Switzerland, 2002, p. 191
CATALOGUE NOTE The "Wing-nut" chair was designed and hand-built by Jasper Morrison while he was studying at the Royal College of Art and was sold at his degree exhibition. Another example of the chair is in the collection of the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Lot Sold. (at Sothebys NY, November 16, 2007). Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 55,000 USD (!)
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Magis design will be showing a series of designs from their new collection during the salone del mobile. This will include the new chair from Jasper Morrison, the Pipe chair.
New Products from the Bouroullec brothers:
Marc Newson
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We were at Phillips de Pury in New York on december 13, for the big annual auction sale of contemporary furnitures.
