Footed bowl, model SD71 | Wright

Prix estimatif: 5000-7000 US$

Enchères:
Modernist 20 Century

Date de vente: 2003-12-07

Lieu des enchères:
Chicago

Numéro du lot: 174

Design

Eliel Saarinen

Numéro ID d'Architonic

4103280

Sterling silver
11"dia x 3"h
Saarinen originally designed this form for his model dining room at "The Architect and the Industrial Arts" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1929. Charter Silver Company, a division of International Silver, put the bowl into production in three sizes. Stamped with impressed marks: [sterling SD 71 by Saarinen]. A similiar example is in the collection of Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Literature:
House & Garden, Dec. 1931, pg. 67