'Fiorenza' lounge chair, prototype | Phillips, de Pury & Company

Precio aproximado: 5000-8000 US$

Subasta:
19-20th Century Design Art

Fecha de venta: 2002-12-11

Lugar de subasta:
New York

Número de lote: 34

Diseño Franco Albini
Fabricante Poggi
Architonic contraseña 4104464

Birch, leather, blue fabric upholstery
39 3/4 in. (101 cm) high

Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, June 3, 1998, lot 68 Brian Kish, New York

Literature:
Emilio Ambasz, ITALY: THE NEW DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE, New York, 1972, pp. 311-312 (for the earliest version of the model, the latter in the designer's own house, ca. 1940)
Stephen Leet, ed., FRANCO ALBINI: ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, 1934-1977, New York, 1990, pp. 63, 68 and 112 (for the post-1952 Arflex edition)