Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam, New York, 2008, p. 63
1951Walnut, leather.Each: 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm.) high.Underside of each seatback incised with “1951” and “W. E.” (2).
Estimate$25,000 - 30,000
Sold for $31,250
9 June 2010 New York
1
Mathieu Matégot
“Satellite” ceiling light
Estimate $22,000 - 28,000
Sold for $27,500
2
Georges Jouve
“Chouette” pitcher
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $7,500
3
This lot is no longer available.
4
Jean Prouvé
Rare “C. P. D. E.” armchair
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $68,500
5
Charlotte Perriand / Atelier Jean Prouvé
Tunisie bookcase, from the Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire, Paris
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
6
Façade panel with porthole windows, from Bouqueval, France
Estimate $60,000 - 90,000
7
“Cafétéria” table, model no. 512
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
8
“Grande Voile” sculpture
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
9
Charlotte Perriand
"Asymétrique” wall-mounted bookcase
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $64,900
10
11
Abstract sculpture
12
Sun shutter from the Union Aéromaritime de Transport, Conakry
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
13
Set of four “Tout Bois” chairs
Estimate $16,000 - 24,000
Sold for $32,500
14
Dining table
15
Very rare curved cabinet
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
16
Very rare façade panel with porthole windows, from Bouqueval, France
Sold for $92,500
17
Pair of armchairs, model no. 21
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,250
18
Low table
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
19
Pair of "Satellite" sconces
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
20
Façade panel, from the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport, Nevilly
21
Façade panel, from the Fédération du Bâtiment, Paris
22
Double bed, from Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
23
Le Corbusier
Wardrobe/room divider, from the Unité d’habitation, Marseille
24
Bench with drawer and side table, from Cité Cansado, Mauritania
Estimate $12,000 - 16,000
Sold for $12,500
25
Jean Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret
Unique prototype “B.C.C.” table, from the Central de Construction B.C.C. Office, Nancy
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
26
Sun shutter
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
27
Sun shutter, from the Manufacture des Tabacs, Marseille
28
Jean Royère
“Milles Pattes” floor lamp
Sold for $74,500
29
Alexandre Noll
Sculpture
Estimate $10,000 - 12,000
30
Rare and important free-form coffee table
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $116,500
31
Rare and important “Salon Sculpture” sofa and two chairs
Estimate $180,000 - 200,000
Sold for $314,500
32
Andiron
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
33
Box
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $25,000
34
Rare “Tour Eiffel Alexandrie” side table
Sold for $104,500
35
“Serpentin” wall light
36
Mirror
37
Pair of “Mirabeau” table lamps
Sold for $62,500
38
Sideboard
Sold for $72,100
39
Low side table
40
Diego Giacometti
“Coupelle à l'Oiseau”
Sold for $42,500
41
Paul Dupré-Lafon
Rare and important writing cabinet
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $110,500
42
Jacques Adnet
Floor lamp
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
43
Rare low table
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $218,500
44
Jean Emile Puiforcat
“Tête à Tête” coffee and tea set
Sold for $47,500
45
46
Pair of armchairs
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $40,000
47
Pair of side tables
Sold for $98,500
48
Gentleman's valet
49
Hammond Kroll
Set of four armchairs
50
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Pair of custom side tables, from Casa Encantada, Bel Air
51
Lucie Rie
Conical “Rice” bowl
52
Footed bowl
Estimate $9,000 - 12,000
Sold for $21,250
53
Squared white vase
Sold for $16,250
54
Hans Coper
Early large bowl
Sold for $13,750
55
Squeezed vase with flaring lip
56
Large conical bowl
Sold for $52,500
57
58
59
Extremely rare “Cycladic” bud pot
60
Tall vase
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,000
61
Large open bowl
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
62
Miniature triangular bowl
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
63
Miniature vase
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $10,625
64
Small oval vase
Sold for $4,750
65
Rare mirror frame
Estimate $1,600 - 2,400
Sold for $3,250
66
Rare “Sake” cup
Sold for $3,500
67
Monumental flattened vase
68
Rare bowl with impressed circular designs
69
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
70
Large early vase with raised cream sprial
71
Composite vase form
72
Beaker vase
Sold for $5,000
73
Composite vase
74
Exceptional tall white bottle vase
Sold for $23,750
75
Monumental sack pot with disc
76
77
Cylindrical vase with flaring lip
Sold for $22,500
78
Early “Hourglass” form
79
Exceptional tall flattened vase
80
Rare “Prune” pot
81
Oval bowl
82
Lidded pot
83
Early small-waisted form
Sold for $4,000
84
Rare large bowl
Estimate $14,000 - 18,000
85
Small footed bowl
86
Early vase form
Sold for $6,250
87
Tall flattened vase
88
Bowl
89
90
Rare and large soaring vase
91
Small composite form
Sold for $6,875
92
Black pot on cylindrical foot
93
Oval vase with spiral
94
Rare conical vase
95
Sold for $46,250
96
Cup on foot
Estimate $9,000 - 14,000
97
Tall cylindrical vase
Sold for $11,875
98
George Nakashima
Free-edge “Conoid” bench
99
Claire Falkenstein
"Sun V" sculpture
100
Ernst Gamperl
"Object"
101
“Kent Hall” floor lamp
102
Zanini de Zanine Caldas
“Mapa Mesa” coffee table
103
Harry Bertoia
Important early “Dandelion” sculpture
Estimate $130,000 - 150,000
Sold for $146,500
104
Isamu Noguchi
“Pierced Table”
Sold for $50,000
105
Set of six grass-seated chairs
106
Free-edge trestle table
107
Joaquim Tenreiro
Rare large table
108
Pair of “Curved” armchairs
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
109
“Curved” sofa
110
Early “Minguren II” table
111
Fine "Bush" sculpture
Estimate $80,000 - 90,000
112
Wharton Esherick
Estimate $25,000 - 30,000
113
Pair of stools
114
Claude Conover
“Chom” vessel
115
“Solar Day” bas-relief, from the Capital Complex Building, Chandigarh, India
Estimate $18,000 - 24,000
116
Pierre Jeanneret
Demountable desk with compartments, from Chandigarh, India
Estimate $35,000 - 55,000
Sold for $37,500
117
“Bridge” armchair, from Chandigarh, India
Estimate $8,000 - 14,000
Sold for $9,375
118
Low table, from Chandigarh, India
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
119
“Square” table, from Chandigarh, India
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,500
120
Rare set of six “Démountable” chairs, from Chandigarh, India
121
"Class" chair, from Chandigarh, India
Estimate $4,000 - 7,000
122
Filing rack with display cabinet, from Chandigarh, India
123
Low “Visitor” sofa, from High Court, Chandigarh, India
124
Pair of armchairs, from High Court, Chandigarh, India
Sold for $56,250
125
Coffee table, from Chandigarh, India
126
“Office Table” desk, from Chandigarh, India
127
“Conférence” armchair, from Chandigarh, India
128
Display cabinet, from Chandigarh, India
129
W.M.F.
Vase
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
130
K.E.M. Weber
Sofa, model no. SD-17-C
131
Marcel Breuer
Side table, model no. B23
132
Unknown Designer
"Bauhaus" telephone
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,000
133
C. F. Otto Müller
Large adjustable “Megaphos” ceiling light
Sold for $3,750
134
Walter Gropius
Door handle and lock plate
Sold for $2,750
135
Hans Finsler
Weaving Study, Arts College, Halle, Germany
136
Heinrich Siegfried Bormann
Adjustable “Kandem” table lamp
137
“Titan” ceiling light
138
“Megaphos” table lamp
Sold for $5,250
139
Frits Henningsen
Rare wingback chair
Sold for $60,000
140
Axel Salto
Massive "Knobbed-Style" vessel
141
Helge Vestergaard Jensen
Dining table and set of eight chairs
142
Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm
“Grasshopper” chaise longue, model no. FK-87
143
Arne Jacobsen
Rare pair of long “A. J.” sconces
144
Johannes Anderson
"Capri" sofa
145
Rare pair of “Skater” chairs, model FK 710
146
Poul Kjærholm
Table, model no. PK55
147
Ole Wanscher
Pair of lounge chairs
148
Finn Juhl
Sofa
149
Pair of "Delegate" armchairs
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
150
Cocktail table
151
Frances Higgins and Michael Higgins
Rare pair of occasional tables
152
Edward Wormley
“Listen to Me” chaise
153
Jacques Dumond
Desk
154
Hans J. Wegner
"Papa Bear" armchair
155
“Papa Bear” armchair
156
George Nelson & Associates
“Cone” table clock, model no. 2218
157
James Prestini
Rare experimental table
158
Erik Kolling Andersen and Jørgen Magnussen
Pair of high-backed lounge chairs and one ottoman
159
Estimate $3,500 - 4,500
160
“Chieftain” chair
161
Shao Fan
“Work No. 5 of Year 2005”
162
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Prototype “Icefield” low table
163
Martin Szekely
Prototype “SiC” mirror
164
Jasper Morrison
“Museum Pieces, Cabinet A”
165
Maarten Van Severen
Pair of lounge chairs, model no. F88
166
Philippe Starck
“House in a Box”
167
“Handlebar” table
168
Shiro Kuramata
“Just in Time” clock
169
Sol LeWitt
170
“Carrara Tables, Variation N˚ 16 + 1”
171
Ron Arad
“Oh-Void 2” chair
172
Carlo Mollino
Untitled
173
Set of ten "Lutrario" chairs, from the Lutrario Ballroom, Turin
174
175
176
Luisa Parisi and Ico Parisi
Coffee table, model no. 1112
177
Max Ingrand
Ceiling light, model no. 1748
178
Paolo Buffa
179
Attributed to Angelo Lelii
Rare floor lamp
180
Osvaldo Borsani
Set of three standing lights, model no. LT8
181
Table lamp
182
Stilnovo
183
Fontana Arte
Pair of wall lights, model no. 2093
184
Mirror, model no. 2224
185
Rare pair of wall lights
186
Carlo Scarpa
Chandelier
Sold for $17,500
187
Angelo Mangiarotti
188
Rare dish
Estimate $3,500 - 5,500
189
190
Vladimir Kagan
“Crescent” executive desk, model no. 7045P
191
Wendell Castle
Coffee table
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
192
Arthur Espenet Carpenter
"Wishbone" chair
193
Daniel Loomis Valenza
Table-top cabinet
194
J. B. Blunk
Unique low table
Estimate $45,000 - 55,000
195
Unique "Arid" console
196
Yoichi Ohira
“Fili Rossi con Finestre” vase
197
“Fili Neri” vase
Sold for $5,625
198
Laura de Santillana
199
Cristiano Bianchin
"Crisaliforme (Chrysalislike)" sculpture
200
Ritsue Mishima
Unique “Eolo” glass work
201
“A. Y. O. R. (At Your Own Risk)”
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
202
Mattia Bonetti
Important "Strata" buffet
203
Marcel Wanders
“Crochet” chair
204
Important “Strata” cabinet
205
Prototype “Little Heavy” chair
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
206
Rick Owens
“Curial” chair
Sold for $8,125
207
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
Rare “Via Crucis” candelabra
208
Atelier Van Lieshout
“Sensory Deprivation Skull”
209
Forrest Myers
Unique "Trapezoid Red Cube”
210
Iván Navarro
Unique “Deep Table”
211
Mario Ticco
“Nebulosa” table lamp
212
Andrea Bellosi
“Arc en Ciel” table lamp
Sold for $2,500
213
Verner Panton
Rare “Design Hands” fabric panel
214
Nanda Vigo
"Manhattan" floor lamp
215
Studio Tetrarch
"Tovaglia" table
216
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
“Harlow” table
Sold for $9,750
217
“Shark and Dolphin Banquete”
218
“Murmansk” centerpiece
Sold for $18,125
219
Alessandro Guerriero
Unique “Acid House” desk
220
Marc Newson
Important early “Pod of Drawers”
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $350,500
221
Early “Black Hole” table
222
Unique “Event Horizon Table"
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
223
Unique “Dark Star” table
224
Rare and early adjustable “Insect Chair”
225
Rare and important conference table and eight “Komed” chairs
Sold for $73,300
226
“Super Guppy” floor lamp
227
“Gello” table
228
Prototype “Voronoi Shelf"
229
Prototype “Micarta” desk
Sold for $182,500