Frank O. Gehry (b. 1929)

'SITTING BEAVER' A PAIR OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD PROTOTYPE CHAIRS FROM THE 'EXPERIMENTAL EDGES' SERIES, DESIGNED 1979-1982

細節

Frank O. Gehry (b. 1929)
'Sitting Beaver' A Pair of Corrugated Cardboard Prototype Chairs from the 'Experimental Edges' Series, designed 1979-1982
manufactured by New City Editions, 1986-1988
each chair: 34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 19 in. (48.2 cm.) wide, 29 in. (73.8 cm.) deep
each chair with copper plaque inscribed 'SB Gehry B. Jacobson' and with the edition number '2/500' and '3/500' respectively (2)

來源

New City Editions, Venice, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner

拍品專文

cf. F. Dal Co, Kurt W. Forster, Frank O. Gehry The Complete Works, New York 1997, pp. 210-211 for information on Gehry's 'Experimental Edges' series.

The 'Experimental Edges' series comprised twelve furniture designs, all of which were produced by New City Editions in limited numbers. Originally, the Sitting Beaver model was intended to be executed in an edition of 500, however less than twenty were made in total.