Armchairs, pair | Wright
Estimated value: 7000-9000 US$
Auction:
Modernists
Sales date: 2003-09-14
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 276
Design
Franco Albini
Year 1952
Architonic id 4102307
Year 1952
Architonic id 4102307
Pearwood, oak, brass, upholstery
27.25"w x 23.25"d x 19"h
Albini's surviving furniture designs are generally from later in his career; these exotic pearwood and oak examples are from a private commission of 1952. The original pale yellow fabric survives in excellent condition.>
Exhibited: Sitting on the Edge, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998.
"Sitting on the Edge," Antonelli, Betsky, Boyd and Garner, Rizzoli, 1998, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, plate 71, pg. 154
27.25"w x 23.25"d x 19"h
Albini's surviving furniture designs are generally from later in his career; these exotic pearwood and oak examples are from a private commission of 1952. The original pale yellow fabric survives in excellent condition.>
Exhibited: Sitting on the Edge, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998.
"Sitting on the Edge," Antonelli, Betsky, Boyd and Garner, Rizzoli, 1998, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, plate 71, pg. 154
