Gabriella Crespi - Design London Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Patrick Favardin and Guy Bloch-Champfort, Les Décorateurs des Années 60-70, Paris, 2007, pp. 138-39 for a similar example
    Gabriella Crespi, Il Segno e lo Spirito: Mobili, Plurimi, Sculture e Gioielli, exh. cat., Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2011, pp. 16, 27, 32, 79
    Pierluigi Masini, Gabriella Crespi: Spirito e Materia, Arte e Design, 2018, p. 96

  • Catalogue Essay

    In the production of circa 70 examples of the present model desk, fewer than 10 examples were made in this particular combination of materials.

    The present lot has been authenticated by the Archivio Gabriella Crespi and is recorded under archive number 200458071.

Property from a Private Collection, Monaco

115

'Yang Yin' adjustable desk with integrated bookcase, from the 'Plurimi' series

circa 1979
Stainless steel covered wood, acrylic, lacquered wood, painted wood, nickel-plated brass, chrome-plated steel.
77 x 116 x 82 cm (30 3/8 x 45 5/8 x 32 1/4 in.)
Number 43 from the production of circa 70 examples. Front impressed with facsimile signature Gabriella Crespi/BREV. 43 and with affixed designer's brass logo impressed with facsimile signature Gabriella Crespi and ®. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Archivio Gabriella Crespi.

Estimate
£35,000 - 55,000 Ω

Sold for £73,080

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London Auction 2 November 2022