Rio Chaise Longue | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 10.000-15.000 US$
Reached Price : 25095 US$
Auction:
20-21st Century Design
Sales date: 2003-06-11
Location:
New York
Lot number: 106
Design
Oscar NiemeyerArchitonic id
4102884
In collaboration with Anna Maria Niemeyer, Bentwood, caning and leather
321/4 x 231/2 x 691/4 in.
(81.9 x 59.7 x 175.9 cm)
Literature:
Marc Emery, Furniture by Architects,
New York, 1983, p. 224
Jean Petit, Niemeyer, poète d'architecture, Lugano, 1995, pp. 365 and 383
Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos,
Móvel Moderno no Brasil, São Paolo,
1995, p. 61
David Underwood's central thesis on the architecture of Niemeyer is that it "proclaimed a new Brazilian aesthetic based on the physical geography of Brazil and the suggestion that 'form follows feminine.'" This rare chaise, designed during Niemeyer's one burst of proclivity towards furniture design in the 1970s, epitomizes the architect's love of curves.
321/4 x 231/2 x 691/4 in.
(81.9 x 59.7 x 175.9 cm)
Literature:
Marc Emery, Furniture by Architects,
New York, 1983, p. 224
Jean Petit, Niemeyer, poète d'architecture, Lugano, 1995, pp. 365 and 383
Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos,
Móvel Moderno no Brasil, São Paolo,
1995, p. 61
David Underwood's central thesis on the architecture of Niemeyer is that it "proclaimed a new Brazilian aesthetic based on the physical geography of Brazil and the suggestion that 'form follows feminine.'" This rare chaise, designed during Niemeyer's one burst of proclivity towards furniture design in the 1970s, epitomizes the architect's love of curves.
