Lot 21
Lot 21
FRANK GEHRY (B. 1929)

Pair of 'Power Play' Armchairs and ‘Icing’ Coffee Table, designed 1991, executed 1994

Price Realised USD 9,450
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USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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FRANK GEHRY (B. 1929)

Pair of 'Power Play' Armchairs and ‘Icing’ Coffee Table, designed 1991, executed 1994

Price Realised USD 9,450
Price Realised USD 9,450
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produced by Knoll International, USA
bent and laminated maple, glass
3258 x 3214 x 3012 in. (82.9 x 81.9 x 77.5 cm) (armchairs)
1434 x 40 x 40 in. (37.5 x 101.6 x 101.6 cm) (table)
each branded Frank Gehry Knoll MADE IN USA
one chair dated 03/18/94, the other chair dated 07/22/94, the table dated 08/05/94
Literature
Frank Gehry: New Bentwood Furniture Designs, exh. cat., The Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, 1992, pp. 31 (armchairs), 37 (armchairs), 62-63, no. 11 (for a prototype of the armchairs), 64-65, no. 12 (armchairs), 110-111 (armchairs)
Frank O. Gehry: Design & Architecture – Gehry & Milunič: The Dancing House, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 42-43 (armchairs)
F. Dal Co and K. W. Forster, Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works, New York, 1998, pp. 428 (armchairs)
P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle: Dictionnaire des Créateurs, Paris, 2000, p. 267 (armchairs)
J. Fiona Ragheb, ed., Frank Gehry, Architect, exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2001, pp. 126-127 (armchairs and ottoman), 129 (armchairs), 371 (armchairs)
J. Postell, Furniture Design, Hoboken, 2007, p. 90 (armchairs)
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