Ion chairs | Wright

Estimated value: 3000-4000 US$

Reached Price : 8000 US$

Auction:
Modernist 20th Century

Sales date: 2003-03-16

Location:
Chicago

Lot number: 592

Design

Gideon Kramer
Year 1962
Manufacturer American Desk Corporation

Architonic id

4100277

Ion chairs, set of eight
Created for the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, the Ion chair illustrates the prevailing trend toward new materials and Futurist ideals.
Chrome plated steel, fiberglass, rubber
18.5''w x 20''d x 33.25''h
Literature: Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1990, pg. 163.