Low coffee table | Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Schätzpreis: 18.000-20.000 US$
Erzielter Preis : 18.800 US$
Auktion:
20th Century Modern Design
Verkaufsdatum: 2004-12-05
Ort der Auktion:
West Hollywood, CA, USA
Los Nummer: 80
Design
Charles Eames, Eero SaarinenHersteller Red Lion Furniture Company
Architonic ID
4105830
35.5” x 35.5” x 18.5”
This table was produced as part of the furnishings designed by Saarinen & Eames for the Museum of Modern Art’s Organic Design in Home Furnishings exhibition in 1940. This grouping of furniture won first prize for “Category B: Furniture for a living room”.
It was produced by Red Lion and sold at Bloomindales and other department stores. However, because of America’s entry into World War II, the Red Lion Company stopped producing this line after only a few weeks.
It is not known exactly how many were produced and sold; this is one of two known to exist outside of institutional collections.
Literature:
Organic Design in Home Furnishings, Noyes, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, pg. 30 Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart, Abrams, New York, pg.25 1000 Chairs, Taschen, Germany, pg. 253
This table was produced as part of the furnishings designed by Saarinen & Eames for the Museum of Modern Art’s Organic Design in Home Furnishings exhibition in 1940. This grouping of furniture won first prize for “Category B: Furniture for a living room”.
It was produced by Red Lion and sold at Bloomindales and other department stores. However, because of America’s entry into World War II, the Red Lion Company stopped producing this line after only a few weeks.
It is not known exactly how many were produced and sold; this is one of two known to exist outside of institutional collections.
Literature:
Organic Design in Home Furnishings, Noyes, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, pg. 30 Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart, Abrams, New York, pg.25 1000 Chairs, Taschen, Germany, pg. 253
