Birch, steel
50"w x 35.5"d x 26.75"h
Composed of four reductivist elements, the Rudder Fin table is a study in simplicity and organic form. Noguchi assembled an ovoid top, two parabolic legs and a curved birch fin into a functional sculpture. Because of its uncommon form, the Rudder Fin table never achieved broad popularity by the post-war public and was produced for only a short time.gnature on bottom.
Meier's influences include LeCorbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. He won the Pritzker Prize in 1984 and has designed several high profile buildings including the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona.
Literature:
High Styles: Twentieth-Century American Design, Whitney Museum of Art, pg. 194
Schätzpreis:
18.000-22.000 US$
erzielter Preis:
21.000 US$
Auktion:
Modern Design
Verkaufsdatum: 2004-10-03
Ort der Auktion: Chicago
Los Nummer: 313