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Mobili nella Valle chair | Wright
Estimated value: 2000-3000 US$
Reached Price : 2000 US$
Auction:
Modernist 20 Century
Sales date: 2003-05-18
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 413
Design
Mario CeroliYear 1972
Manufacturer Poltronova
Architonic id
4101449
Unrefined Russian pine
19"w x 19"d x 76"h
Mario Ceroli's furniture designs evolve directly from his art. In the 1960s, influenced by the Pop artists, Ceroli began creating exaggerated objects made of wood. In 1967, he became involved in the experimental Arte Povera movement which stressed openness toward materials which Ceroli expressed in his use of unseasoned planks of wood. His furniture explores the relationship between sculpture and its surroundings, as evident in the theatrical high back chairs. According to Ceroli, "In my furniture there is a kind of relationship... the use of raw wood contribute to create this relationship... furniture for me is usable sculpture to be touched, to be used. The relationship to my furniture is this."
Literature: Repertorio, pg.363
19"w x 19"d x 76"h
Mario Ceroli's furniture designs evolve directly from his art. In the 1960s, influenced by the Pop artists, Ceroli began creating exaggerated objects made of wood. In 1967, he became involved in the experimental Arte Povera movement which stressed openness toward materials which Ceroli expressed in his use of unseasoned planks of wood. His furniture explores the relationship between sculpture and its surroundings, as evident in the theatrical high back chairs. According to Ceroli, "In my furniture there is a kind of relationship... the use of raw wood contribute to create this relationship... furniture for me is usable sculpture to be touched, to be used. The relationship to my furniture is this."
Literature: Repertorio, pg.363
