Wright’s Design sale features works by renowned designers of the 20th century. This October Wright will present more than twenty designs by George Nakashima from an important private collection that have never before been to market. Highlights from the collection include an exceptional Minguren I coffee table made of Carpathian Elm, a Conoid bench with an expressive seat as well as many lamps, stools, chairs and bookcases each expertly crafted. The works, most ordered in the 1970s, are accompanied by drawings from Nakashima as well as correspondence between the artist and the collector.
Other sale highlights include works from Chandigarh, India by Pierre Jeanneret, as well as American mid-century designs by George Nelson & Associates, Charles and Ray Eames and Greta Magnusson Grossman. Works by Paul Evans, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Edward Wormley, Serge Mouille and many others will also feature prominently in this sale.
deck chairs from lido swimming club | battista and gino giudici | 1945
chest of drawers | george nakashima | 1976
floor lamp model 1063 | gino sarfatti | arteluce | 1954
artona chairs | afra and tobia scarpa | maxalto | 1975
pennellate bowl | carlo scarpa | venini | 1942
skyscraper cocktail shaker / manhattan tray /candleholders | norman bel geddes | revere | c 1934
swan settee model 3321 | arne jacobsen | fritz hansen | 1958
[ preview ] 10 > 16 october 30 | 10am > 5pm, sunday by appointment
[ auction ] 17 october 2013 | noon CST
[ wright ] 1440 west hubbard chicago | T 312 563 0020
1> rudder coffee table model IN-52 | isamu noguhi | herman miller | 1944
2> this mortal coil | ron arad | 1993
3> mirror | fontana arte | c. 1958
4> bench | lina bo bardi | c. 1950
5> untitled (sonambient) | harry bertoia | 1970
6> crescent rocker | wendell castle | 1981
7> skyscraper cocktail shaker / manhattan tray /candleholders | norman bel geddes | revere | c 1934
8> deck chairs from lido swimming club | battista and gino giudici | 1945
9> artona chairs | afra and tobia scarpa | maxalto | 1975
10> floor lamp model 1063 | gino sarfatti | arteluce | 1954
11> standard chairs no. 305 | jean prouvé | 1950
12> untitled | alexandre noll | c. 1955
13> falurutan carpet | barbro nilsson | märta måås-fjetterström | 1952
14> chest of drawers | george nakashima | 1976
15> swan settee model 3321 | arne jacobsen | fritz hansen | 1958
16> pennellate bowl | carlo scarpa | venini | 1942
17> swirl chairs from mielmonte resort hotel | robert venturi | knoll | 1994
18> stools from tabourettli theatre | santiago calatrava | 1986
