Auction house Phillips de Pury & Company is organizing a new Design sale on April 25th in London. It will bring together a selection of exceptional furnishings by Jean Prouvé, Jean Royère, Charlotte Perriand, Marc Newson, Martino Gamper, and Max Lamb.
Their next Design sale will take place in London on April 25th, 2013, and will mark the presentation of special and unique pieces of furniture boasting simplicity, a play on bulk, and a pure aesthetic. Certain devices by Charlotte Perriand will be put up for sale, notably her 1953 “Tunisie” bookcase, from a prior collaboration with Jean Prouvé for Paris’ Cité Internationale Universitaire student housing complex. Made of mahogany and painted aluminum, this bookcase is functional, decorative, colorful, and conceptual. These characteristics can also be found in a set of lecture hall chairs designed by Jean Prouvé for the Faculté de Lettres de Besançon in 1955. For lovers of a more organic style, certain inventions of Tapio Wirkkala will also be put up for sale. The K11-16 table lamp from 1958 is the perfect example: made of painted aluminum and tubular brass sheathed with leather in certain places, it looks almost like a modern and futuristic praying mantis.
The next Design sale by the Phillips house is a rendez-vous that’s not to be missed, where industrial aesthetic in all its heritage and modernity will take on a whole new meaning.
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