TWO 'BAMBI' CHAIRS

DESIGNED BY BOREK SIPEK IN 1983-1986, EXECUTED BY STELTMAN COLLECTIONS IN 1986

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TWO 'BAMBI' CHAIRS
DESIGNED BY BOREK SIPEK IN 1983-1986, EXECUTED BY STELTMAN COLLECTIONS IN 1986
CAST METAL FRAME, BLUE VOILE COVERED BACK, SEAT IN BRASS AND SCULPTED EBONISED WOOD
88.2CM. HIGH
THE UNDERSIDE TO ONE CHAIR ENGRAVED WITH EDITION NUMBER 21/60 AND WITH ARTIST'S SIGNATURE BOREK SIPEK 118Z/88, THE OTHER ENGRAVED WITH EDITION NUMBER 22/60 AND WITH ARTIST'S SIGNATURE BOREK SIPEK 118Z/88 (3)

Provenance

GALERIE STELTMAN, AMSTERDAM

Literature

FOR COMPARISON SEE:
CHARLOTTE & PETER FIELL, 1000 CHAIRS, KLN, 1997, P. 596
BOREK SIPEK, MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS PRAGUE, STELTMAN EDITIONS BV, 1993, P. 3

Lot Essay

THE 'BAMBI' IS PERHAPS SIPEK'S MOST WHIMSICAL DESIGN. WITH ITS APPARENT STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY AND FRAIL FORM, THE DESIGN DELIBERATELY DEFIES CONVENTION AND IN PARTICULAR, TRADITIONAL NOTIONS OF STABLE SEATING. SIPEK CONSIDERS IT 'PRIMITIVE' TO REGARD FUNCTIONALISM AS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF DESIGN AND THE FORM AND MATERIALS OF HIS 'BAMBI' CHAIR UNDERSCORES THIS BELIEF.

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