J.J. Wabbes, exh. cat., Galerie Les Années 50, Brussels, 2001, p. 59
1956Pear wood, bronze.75 x 156 x 78.5 cm (29 1/2 x 61 3/8 x 30 7/8 in)Underside impressed with ‘W A B B E S 5 6’. Manufactured by Mobilier Universel, Belgium.
Estimate£16,000 - 24,000
27 September 2011 London
1
Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley
‘Diving’ stool
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 †
Sold for £3,500
2
Venini
Rare large chandelier
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £58,850
3
Ross Lovegrove
‘Landscape’
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
4
Christian Astuguevieille
'Tactoris' chest of drawers, model no. 4
Estimate £10,000 - 12,000 ♠
5
Edmund de Waal
Group of twenty-nine pots
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
6
Pietro Chiesa
Rare and important drinks cabinet
Sold for £22,500
7
Zaha Hadid
Set of four ‘Nekton’ stools
Estimate £18,000 - 20,000 ♠†
8
Alexandre Noll
Covered box
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800
9
Francine Del Pierre
Rare large vase
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
10
White ‘Aqua’ table
Estimate £40,000 - 50,000 ♠†
Sold for £49,250
11
Jean Royère
Unique ‘Orly’ armchair
Estimate £30,000 - 55,000
Sold for £75,650
12
Lidded box
Estimate £1,200 - 2,400
Sold for £4,000
13
Charlotte Perriand
Rare and important free-form desk
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
14
Serge Mouille
‘Cocotte’ desk lamp
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
15
‘Tapering curve’
16
Peter Collingwood
‘Macrogauze 3D’, model no. M.306/A
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,750
17
Lucie Rie
Bowl
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000
Sold for £13,750
18
Set of three small yellow bowls
Sold for £8,750
19
Hans Coper
Thistle form
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
20
White spade form
Estimate £12,000 - 16,000
Sold for £21,250
21
Black ‘Cycladic’ bud pot
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000
Sold for £36,050
22
Conical bowl
23
Small bowl with blue inlaid bands
24
Speckled white glaze pot with enclosed rim
Sold for £3,000
25
‘Tea bowl’
Sold for £9,375
26
Small black cup on foot with central disc
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,250
27
Black ovoid pot with disc
Sold for £11,875
28
Small black spade
Estimate £9,000 - 14,000
Sold for £10,625
29
White ‘Cycladic’ Arrow form with disc-top
Sold for £63,650
30
Lucie Rie and Hans Coper
Set of six dishes with white spiral
31
Cylindrical vase with neck turned out
32
Set of four small bowls
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £12,500
33
Byzantine-style vase
Sold for £6,250
34
Black hourglass form
35
Tall white hourglass form
Sold for £3,125
36
White cup on foot with central disc
Sold for £43,250
37
Small white spade form
Sold for £20,000
38
Large oval bowl
Sold for £30,000
39
Vase with flaring neck
40
Pot with oval lip
41
Composite vase form with central disc
Sold for £37,250
42
Monumental vase
Sold for £34,850
43
White ‘Cycladic’ arrow form
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
44
45
Cylindrical vase with flaring neck
Sold for £18,750
46
White hourglass form
Sold for £38,450
47
Estimate £16,000 - 24,000
Sold for £27,500
48
Large bowl
49
Vase with flaring lip
Sold for £17,500
50
Swinton School Wall Mural
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £181,250
51
Pierre Jeanneret
‘Collapsible’ single bed, model no. PJ-L-01-A, from the P.U. Student halls, Chandigarh, India
Estimate £18,000 - 28,000
52
Pair of ‘Committee’ armchairs, model no. PJ-SI-30-A, from an administrative building, Chandigarh, India
53
Low double-sided ‘File’ rack, model no. PJ-R-27-A, from Secretariat and administrative buildings, Chandigarh, India
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,250
54
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Pair of armchairs, model no. LC/PJ-SI-42-A, from the High Court, Chandigarh, India, Pair of armchairs, model no. LC/PJ-SI-42-A, from the High Court, Chandigarh, India
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
55
Sofa, model no. LC/PJ-SI-42-B, from the High Court, Chandigarh, India
56
Coffee table, model no. PJ-TB-04-A, from P.G.I., Chandigarh, India
Sold for £7,250
57
Bench, model no. PJ-SI-33-B, from the M.L.A. Hostels, Chandigarh, India
58
Le Corbusier
Sliding door, from La Maison du Brésil, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
59
Balkrishna Doshi and Le Corbusier
Large and rare table, from the Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, India
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000
Sold for £69,650
60
‘Writing’ armchair, model no. PJ-SI-26-E, from an administrative building, Chandigarh, India
Estimate £3,500 - 5,500
61
‘Office’ armchair, model no. PJ-SI-28-A, from an administrative building, Chandigarh, India
Estimate £4,500 - 6,500
62
‘Office table’ desk, model no. PJ-BU-02-A, from an administrative building Chandigarh, India
63
Pair of dishes
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
64
Set of three teapots
Sold for £11,250
65
Marianne Brandt and Helmut Schulze
Rare tray
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
66
C. F. Otto Müller
‘Titan’ ceiling light
67
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Chaise longue, model no. 2072
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
68
Katsu Hamanaka
Plate
Sold for £5,000
69
70
Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer
Set of six door handles with lock plates
71
René Herbst
Occasional table
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,450
72
Philip Michael Wolfson
Prototype ‘Longevity’ desk
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
73
Stuart Haygarth
‘TIDE’ chandelier
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
74
Quasar Khanh
‘Relax’ chaise longue, model no. 11
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
75
Nanda Vigo
‘Utopia’ table lamp
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
76
Richard Slee
‘Blanket Bay’
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
77
Marc Newson
‘Black Hole Chop Top’ table
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £99,650
78
Ron Arad
‘New Orleans’ armchair
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000 ♠
79
Shiro Kuramata
‘Panacée’ rug
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
80
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
'Cartoon' chair
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £31,250
81
Large ‘Esperança’ chandelier, model no. 870.10
82
Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé
Bibliothèque, from La Maison du Mexique, Cité Universitaire, Paris
Sold for £73,250
83
Jean Prouvé
Rare chair, model no. 4
84
Very rare small cabinet, from the Air France Building, Brazzaville, Congo
85
Standard lamp
Estimate £10,000 - 16,000
86
Georges Jouve
‘Femme’ table lamp
87
‘Standard’ desk, model no. B.S.2
Estimate £20,000 - 35,000
Sold for £25,000
88
Jacques Quinet
Pair of andirons
89
Pair of ‘studded’ beds with integrated headboard
90
Wardrobe, model no. 100
91
Very rare and important refectory table, from the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est, Marseille-Marignane
Estimate £70,000 - 120,000
92
Low table, from Cité Cansado, Mauritania
93
‘Cité’ table, model no. 500, from the Bourse Maritime, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 7,000
94
Coat rack, from CNET, Cité Technique, Cachan
95
Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand
Rare double wardrobe/room divider, from La Maison du Brésil, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
96
‘SCAL’ bed, model no. 452
97
Jules Wabbes
Dining table
98
‘Gerard Philippe’ desk
99
Jorge Zalszupin
Table, from the Manchete magazine reception, Rio de Janeiro
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
100
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
‘Ceramiche di Serie’ vase, model no. 176
101
‘Ceramiche a fischietto’ vase, model no. 589
102
‘Ceramiche a fischietto’ vase, model no. 592
103
‘Yantra Di Terracotta’ vase, model no. Y39
Sold for £7,500
104
‘Yantra Di Terracotta’ vase, model no. Y11
105
Malatesta and Mason
Pair of armchairs
106
Sold for £4,500
107
Carlo Scarpa
Important and monumental chandelier
108
Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti
Unique cabinet
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
109
Gio Ponti and Paolo De Poli
Rooster vase
Sold for £4,375
110
Paolo Buffa
Rare cabinet
111
Osvaldo Borsani and Arnaldo Pomodoro
Rare bed, model no. 8604
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
112
Ignazio Gardella
‘Arenzano’ lamp
113
Fontana Arte
Coffee table, model no. 2453
114
Wall light
115
Gio Ponti
Set of four chairs
116
Gino Sarfatti
Ceiling light
Sold for £3,750
117
Carlo de Carli
118
Max Ingrand
Pair of wall lights, model no. 1638
119
Rare table lamp, model no. 581
120
Oscar Torlasco
Rare standard lamp
121
122
Pair of ceiling lights
123
Rare mirror
Sold for £5,625
124
Daybed
125
Side table
Sold for £6,875
126
Armchair
127
Illuminated wall unit with intergrated wardrobe
128
Desk and ‘leggera’ chair, model no. 646
129
Unique dining table
130
Pair of wall lights, model no. 575
131
Arredoluce
Rare ceiling light
132
Set of three illuminated vases, model nos. 2483, 2483/1, 2483/2
Sold for £3,250
133
Sold for £6,000
134
Rare table lamp, model no. 573
135
Bed with intergrated shelving
Sold for £4,750
136
Large ceiling light, model no. 2506
137
Angelo Lelii