"HENNA" TABLE | Sotheby´s

Prix estimatif: 6,000—8,000 US$

Prix réalisé : 12,000 US$

Enchères:
Important 20th Century Design

Date de vente: 2006-12-15

Lieu des enchères:
New York

Numéro du lot: 13

Design

MARCEL WANDERS
Année de projet 2000
Fabricant Cappellini, Italy

Numéro ID d'Architonic

4107685

Manufactured in a small series by Cappellini, Italy
Etched WANDERS WONDERS and CAPELLINI
Etched and partially laminated aluminum
15 x 17 7/8 x 17 3/4 in. (38.1 x 45.3 x 45.1 cm)

This table was created by Marcel Wanders to commemorate the year 2000. The top of the table is an etched map of Amsterdam as it was on January 1, 2000. Inscribed along a portion of the Amstel River is, "The larger the island of knowledge, the larger the shoreline of wonder." Only five examples of the table were produced by Cappellini.

Literature and References:
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Designing the 21st Century, Bonn, 2001, p. 547