Sadima chair | Dorotheum
Estimated value: 2000-2500 EUR
Auction:
Design
Sales date: 2003-05-06
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Lot number: 256
Design
Luigi Colani
Manufacturer Sadima/Deutschland
Architonic id 4101767
Manufacturer Sadima/Deutschland
Architonic id 4101767
A Sadima chair, designed around 1970 by Luigi Colani, manufactured by Sadima/Germany, ivory coloured plastic seat shell, foam cushion, covered with orange stretch fabric, removable, height 69 cm, width 75 cm, depth 69 cm, height of seat 34 cm.
In response to the Cologne Visiona Exhibition staged by Bayer, a multinational enterprise of the chemical industry, Colani designed a series of extra-light furniture for "Young People" for Bayer's competitor BASF. It included a chair, a chaise longue, and a table and was produced by Sadima only in a limited edition.
Literature: Experiment 70. Designvisionen von Luigi Colani und Günter Beltzig, Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt 2000, page 77.
In response to the Cologne Visiona Exhibition staged by Bayer, a multinational enterprise of the chemical industry, Colani designed a series of extra-light furniture for "Young People" for Bayer's competitor BASF. It included a chair, a chaise longue, and a table and was produced by Sadima only in a limited edition.
Literature: Experiment 70. Designvisionen von Luigi Colani und Günter Beltzig, Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt 2000, page 77.
