Fontana Arte Illuminazione, 19502, p. 49; Fontana Arte sales catalogue, 1956, n.p.
1950sFaceted glass, painted metal. 14 in. (35.6 cm.) dropManufactured by Fontana Arte, Italy.
Estimate$4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,750
17 Dec 2008 2pm New York
1
Eduard Ludwig
Four photographs
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
2
C. F. Otto Müller
Rare “Titan” ceiling light
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,000
3
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Rare and important stool
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
4
Rare and important desk
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
5
Set of three rare “Megaphos” ceiling lights
Estimate $4,500 - 5,500
Sold for $11,250
6
Lilly Reich
Four chair studies for Thonet
7
Marianne Brandt
Rare ashtray
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
8
Russel Wright
“Rodeo Bull” bookend
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
9
Serge Mouille
Rare three-arm floor lamp
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,500
10
Jean Prouvé
“Conférence No. 355” chair
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
11
Low table, model no. GB 21
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
12
Jean Royère
Nine-arm “Hirondelles” wall light
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
13
Five-arm “Bouquet” wall light
14
Georges Jouve
Vase
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
15
16
Pierre Guariche
“Equilibrium” floor lamp
Sold for $17,500
17
“Marcoule” bench
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,250
18
Handled vase
Estimate $18,000 - 24,000
Sold for $37,500
19
“Direction No. 352” office chair
Sold for $20,000
20
Boris Jean Lacroix
Floor lamp
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,875
21
Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé
Bibliothèque murale
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
22
Pair of two-arm “Hirondelle” wall lights
23
Charlotte Perriand
Bench, from Cité Cansado, Mauritania, Africa
Sold for $13,750
24
Rare desk lamp
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
25
Three-arm ceiling light
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
26
Set of four ceiling lights
27
Pierre Chapo
Set of “Œil” tables
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
28
Sold for $12,500
29
Le Corbusier and Jean Prouvé
Staircase
Sold for $18,750
30
Rare and important “Très Grand Signal” floor lamp
Estimate $100,000 - 120,000
31
Lucie Rie
Large circular planter
32
Vase with flaring lip
33
Large oval bowl
34
Small waisted vase
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $1,500
35
Vase with cut flaring lip
Estimate $2,800 - 3,500
Sold for $4,000
36
Miniature "Rice" pattern bowl
Estimate $1,600 - 2,400
Sold for $3,250
37
Beaker vase
38
Single-stem flower vase
39
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
40
Bowl with volcanic glaze
41
Lucie Rie and Hans Coper
Rectangular bonsai planter
42
Hans Coper
Early vase with painted foot and angled lip
Estimate $10,000 - 14,000
43
Large early vase with raised cream spiral
44
Early waisted vase
45
Early vase with inlaid designs
Sold for $5,250
46
Monumental early vase with inlaid designs
Sold for $33,750
47
Early vase with inlaid spiral
Estimate $12,000 - 16,000
48
Early bulbous pot on foot
49
George Nakashima
Fine "Frenchman's Cove I" table
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
Sold for $25,000
50
Harry Bertoia
“Willow” sculpture
51
Claire Falkenstein
Monumental wall-mounted sculpture
Sold for $43,750
52
Set of ten grass-seated chairs
Sold for $31,250
53
“Spray” sculpture
54
Free-edge trestle dining table
Sold for $27,500
55
Rare “Straw” sculpture
Sold for $23,750
56
Rare and unusual eight-drawer wall-mounted cabinet
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
57
Ruth Duckworth
Wall hanging
58
"Sonambient" sculpture
59
Bench
Estimate $30,000 - 35,000
60
Bernard Leach
Large segmented vase
Sold for $11,500
61
Low table
62
Aranda \ Lasch
"Camouflage" screen
63
Ron Arad
Unique and important “Wild Crow” chaise
Estimate $160,000 - 180,000
64
Frank Gehry
“Grandpa Beaver” chair
65
Maarten Van Severen
“T88” dining table
Sold for $7,250
66
Daniel Libeskind
“Spirit House” chair
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
67
Shiro Kuramata
“Acrylic Floor Stand A” floor lamp
68
Rupert Spira
Three lidded jars
69
Piet Stockmans
"Folded out vases," an installation
Sold for $5,625
70
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
“Cartoon” banquette
71
Marc Newson
“Super Guppy” floor lamp
72
Rachel Whiteread
"Untitled: daybed,"
Sold for $9,375
73
Wouter Dam
"Red Piece,"
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
74
75
Unique “B.O.O.P. (Blown Out of Proportion)” coffee table
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
76
Unique “B.O.O.P. (Blown Out of Proportion)” centerpiece
Estimate $14,000 - 18,000
77
Unique “B.O.O.P. (Blown Out of Proportion)” vase
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
78
Zaha Hadid
“Moraine” sofa
Sold for $50,000
79
Tom Dixon
“Pylon” table
80
"Extruded" chair
81
Gordon Baldwin
Large white spherical form
82
“Taquaral” chair
83
Pair of “Komed” ceiling/wall lights
84
85
Set of eight “Komed” chairs
86
Ronald Krueck and Mark Sexton
Pair of “Chicago” chairs
87
“Micarta” desk
Estimate $170,000 - 190,000
Sold for $206,500
88
“RK” chaise
89
Jürgen Bey
Rare "Gardening" bench
90
Edmund de Waal
Tall lidded vessel
91
Lidded vessel
92
José Zanine Caldas
“Namoradeira” rocker
93
Line of six cylinders with false bases
Sold for $3,750
94
Prototype "Oh-Void (No Solution No Problem)" chair
Estimate $175,000 - 225,000
95
Poul Kjærholm
Chaise longue, model no. PK24
96
Arne Jacobsen
“Egg” chair and ottoman
97
Stool, model no. PK33
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,125
98
Nanna Ditzel and Jørgen Ditzel
Pair of “Ring” armchairs
Sold for $7,500
99
Finn Juhl
Rare wall-mounted roll-top dressing table
100
Charles Eames and Ray Eames
Child’s chair
101
Bruno Mathsson
“Berlin” daybed
102
George Nelson
Jewelry chest on stand, model no. 5515
103
Miniature chest, model no. 5217
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,125
104
Sueharu Fukami
“Tenkû Haruka,” a sculptural form
105
Morihiro Wada
“Vessel, Pattern from Inner Image,”
106
Tokuda Yasokichi III
Vase with "Kutani" glazes
107
Akiyama Yô
"T-59," a sculptural form
Estimate $7,500 - 9,000
108
Hiroaki "Taimei" Morino
“Work 90-16,”
109
Ryûichi Kakurezaki
Bizen-style flower vase
110
Kazuo Takiguchi
"Untitled, an installation"
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
111
Harumi Nakashima
"Piece with Blue Dots"
Sold for $16,250
112
Pair of small “Œuf” chairs
Sold for $124,900
113
This lot is no longer available.
114
Rare nine-arm "Persane" chandelier
115
Line Vautrin
Mirror
116
Bibliothèque, from La Maison du Mexique, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France
Sold for $86,500
117
“Chardon” mirror
118
“Soleil à Pointes No. 2” mirror
Estimate $14,000 - 16,000
119
Rare pair of “Cœur” chairs
120
Serge Roche
Pair of appliqués
121
122
Daybed
123
Dan Johnson
Rare dining table and set of four "Gazelle" dining chairs
124
Rare and important monumental “Sinusoidal” chandelier
Estimate $65,000 - 75,000
Sold for $80,500
125
Pair of gates
126
Alexandre Noll
Rare and important table lamp
127
Pair of "Gazelle" lounge chairs
128
Pair of ten-arm “Bouquet” wall lights
129
Two-arm wall light
130
131
Lounge chair with canopy
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
132
“Copyright” bookcase
133
François Dallegret
Prototype thin “Chaise Ressort,”
Estimate $24,000 - 32,000
Sold for $28,750
134
Group of four “Kubaltos” sculptures
135
Rare “Lumikiik” self-balancing table lamp
136
Angelo Mangiarotti
Monumental “Cambiamento” sculpture
137
Jasper Morrison
“Plywood” desk
138
Pair of “CNº II” chairs
Sold for $1,875
139
Max Sauze
"Orion" chandelier
140
Pierre Cardin
Set of four large wall lights
Sold for $22,500
141
Roy Fleetwood
"Wing" sofa with integrated side tables
142
143
Table lamp
144
Alessandro Mendini
“Macaone” table
145
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
Architectural study
Sold for $1,250
146
147
"Untitled" sculpture
148
Fruit bowl
149
Table with arrows
150
“Puch” stool
151
“Rover” two-seater sofa and "Rover" lounge chair
152
“A-Table” dining table
153
154
Hella Jongerius
“Repeat Big Pot,”
Sold for $5,000
155
Shigeru Uchida
Two-seater “September” chair
156
Gio Ponti
Lounge chair
Estimate $15,000 - 18,000
157
Pair of wall lights
158
Fontana Arte
159
Angelo Barovier
Rare table lamp
160
Pietro Chiesa
Chandelier
161
Studio B.B.P.R.
Unique and important chest of drawers, from Casa P., Milan, Italy
162
Franco Albini
Rare rocking chaise, model no. PS16
163
Ceiling light
164
Wall light
Sold for $10,750
165
Antonino Gorgone
Pair of "Piuma" lounge chairs
166
Important chest of drawers
Sold for $92,500
167
Max Ingrand
Sold for $18,125
168
Coffee table
Estimate $10,000 - 12,000
169
Extremely rare table with four stools
170
Pair of “Sole” ceiling lights
Sold for $21,250
171
Pair of “Pirellina” table lamps, model no. 2503
Estimate $5,000 - 6,000
172
Rare ceiling light, model no. 1989
173
Set of six wall lights, model no. 1799
174
175
Gino Sarfatti
Rare chandelier
176
Large disk chandelier
177
Arredoluce
Large chandelier