Phillips de Pury & Co., New York, 'Design', 24 May, 2007, lot 202 Acquried from the above
Literature
Mark Emery, Furniture by Architects, New York, 1983, p. 224 Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Dictionnaire desi Créateurs, Paris, 1994, p. 453
Catalogue Essay
I have a vivid memory of meeting Niemeyer in his studio overlooking the beach at Copacabana. Every time one of us mentioned one of his buildings he took out a thick black pencil, a sheet of kitchen paper, and drew the cross section in one fluid line. I had just been to see the Casa de Canoas. He drew it, his assistant folded it up and handed it to me.
circa 1978 Painted bent plywood, leather, rubber, brass, metal. 85 x 57.5 x 170 cm (33 1/2 x 22 5/8 x 66 7/8 in.) Manufactured by Tendo Mokko, Tokyo, Japan.