Alessandro Mendini - Design London Thursday, May 12, 2022 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private collection, Milan

  • Literature

    Barbara Radice, Elogio del Banale, exh. cat., I Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Venice, 1980, p. 62
    Alessandro Mendini and Stefano Casciani, Alessandro Mendini, Milan, 1989, pp. 79, 87
    Alessandro Mendini and Peter Weiss, Alessandro Mendini, exh. cat., Neues Museum – State Museum for Art and Design in Nuremberg, Munich, 2011, n.p.
    Annachiara Sacchi, 'Divisi dal design, riuniti nel design', Il Corriere della Sera, 6 March 2022, p. 32

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model chair is currently exhibited in the 'Marco Zanuso e Alessandro Mendini, Design e Architettura' exhibition at the ADI Design Museum, Milan.

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Rare 'Redesigned Thonet no. 14' chair

designed 1978, executed 1983
Painted beech, painted plywood, cane, stainless steel.
137.8 x 108.4 x 90.1 cm (54 1/4 x 42 5/8 x 35 1/2 in.)
Editioned by Anthologie Quartett, Hannover, Germany. Chair produced by Italcomma, Pesaro, Italy. Underside with paper label printed ITALCOMMA/Pesaro.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 Ω

Sold for £20,160

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London Auction 12 May 2022