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Galaxy chair | Dorotheum
Estimated value: 3000-4000 EUR
Reached Price : 8000 EUR
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Design
Sales date: 2003-05-06
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Lot number: 260
Design
Walter PichlerYear 1966
Manufacturer R. Svoboda & Co
Architonic id
4101770
A rare Galaxy chair, designed in 1966 by Walter Pichler for R. Svoboda & Co, Vienna, glazed, naturally anodized aluminium plate, spring support, the cushions covered with original orange fabric, with alternative covering, height 70 cm, depth 83 cm, width 91.5 cm, height of seat 40 cm.
Original condition. An important example of Space Age Design.
Provenance: From the furnishings of the ORF building in Graz - private ownership, Vienna.
Literature: G. Koller, Die Radikalisierung der Phantasie. Design aus Österreich, Salzburg 1987, pages 211-212, photograph - Ph. Garner, Sixties Design, Cologne 1996, page 122, photograph - Ch. & P. Fiell, 1000 chairs, Cologne 1997, page 418.
Original condition. An important example of Space Age Design.
Provenance: From the furnishings of the ORF building in Graz - private ownership, Vienna.
Literature: G. Koller, Die Radikalisierung der Phantasie. Design aus Österreich, Salzburg 1987, pages 211-212, photograph - Ph. Garner, Sixties Design, Cologne 1996, page 122, photograph - Ch. & P. Fiell, 1000 chairs, Cologne 1997, page 418.
