Coat hook from the Casa Orengo | Wright
Estimated value: 15,000-20,000 US$
Reached Price: 15,600 US$
Auction:
Important Italian Design
Sales date: 2005-12-06
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 515
Design
Carlo Mollino
Architonic id 4107227
Architonic id 4107227
Coat hook from the Casa Orengo, Turin
Lacquered wood, brass
8 w x 6.5 d x 13 h
One of eight hooks from the original Turin commission in 1949. Like the other furnishings from the Orengo commission, the overt eroticism of this design is emblematic of the spirit and character of Mollino's oeuvre.
Literature:
Carlo Mollino: Architecture as Autobiography, Brino, pg. 127 Carlo Mollino: Cronaca, Ferrari, ppg. 107, 110 Carlo Mollino: Furniture Catalogue, Colombari, pg. 59
Provenance:
Paola Colombari, Milano
Lacquered wood, brass
8 w x 6.5 d x 13 h
One of eight hooks from the original Turin commission in 1949. Like the other furnishings from the Orengo commission, the overt eroticism of this design is emblematic of the spirit and character of Mollino's oeuvre.
Literature:
Carlo Mollino: Architecture as Autobiography, Brino, pg. 127 Carlo Mollino: Cronaca, Ferrari, ppg. 107, 110 Carlo Mollino: Furniture Catalogue, Colombari, pg. 59
Provenance:
Paola Colombari, Milano
