Chest | Christie`s

Prix estimatif: 15.000-20.000 GBP

Prix réalisé : 17.925 GBP

Enchères:
Designed by Architects

Date de vente: 2003-10-08

Lieu des enchères:
London

Numéro du lot: 87

Design

Josef Frank
Fabricant Svenskt Tenn

Numéro ID d'Architonic

4102529

Designed circa 1949, retailed by Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, mahogany, printed paper.
30in. (76cm.) height; 511⁄2in. (131cm.) width; 17in. (43cm.) depth
Austrian architect and designer Frank was a leading figure in Central-European Modernism, participating in the Weissenhofsiedlung housing exhibition, Stuttgart, 1927 (lots 47, 51), before being forced to emigrate to Stockholm in 1933.
Lit.: Nina Stretzler-Levine, Josef Frank, Architect and Designer, an Alternative Vision of the Modern Home, New York, 1996, p.272, no.122a (the model illustrated)