Marc Newson - Design Masters New York Tuesday, December 15, 2015 | Phillips

Design Masters

New York Auction 15 December 2015 5pm

  • Provenance

    Gagosian Gallery, London
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008

  • Literature

    Alison Castle, et al., Marc Newson Works, Cologne, 2012, pp. 124-25

  • Catalogue Essay

    Marc Newson’s “Extruded Table 3” is a conceptual rendering of a process completely at odds with the table's actual production and materiality. Newson was attracted to marble’s associations with significant monumental works, high levels of craftsmanship and historic durability. However, as marble cannot be extruded, Newson’s adoption of the term is in service to his communication of a two-dimensional idea in a three-dimensional context. With noted similarity to the “Event Horizon” series, these works in marble distill many of the themes present in Newson’s earlier work—voids, negative versus positive space, and stunning feats of fabrication. He has said “The earlier aluminum works were all about what was going on inside. I was trying to create the illusion that the interior was bigger than the exterior. Now I see that the new marble works are dealing with the same ideas but in different ways.”(Marc Newson, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2007, pp. 71-72)

Property from a Private Collection, U.S.A.

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Marc Newson

“Extruded Table 3"

2008
Striato Olimpico marble.
31 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 70 5/8 in. (80 x 90.2 x 179.4 cm)
Produced by Marc Newson for Gagosian Gallery. Number 2 from the edition of 10. Metal roundel with incised signature and impressed with Extruded/Olimpico/2 /10.

Estimate
$100,000 - 150,000 

Sold for $112,500

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Design Masters

New York Auction 15 December 2015 5pm