PETER SHIRE (B. 1947)

BIG SUR SETTEE, DESIGNED 1986

Details

PETER SHIRE (B. 1947)
BIG SUR SETTEE, DESIGNED 1986
produced by Memphis, lacquered wood, upholstery
31 7/8 in. (91 cm.) high; 82¾ in. (210 cm.) wide; 27½ in. (70 cm.) deep (3)

Literature

J. L. Gaillemin (ed.), Design Contre Design, exh. cat., Galerie Nationale du Grand Palais, 26 September 2007 - 7 January 2008, Paris, 2007, pp. 162-163 (example illustrated)

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Lot Essay

Embracing a deliberately Postmodernist ethos, Shire's 'Big Sur' summons the rudimentary motifs of geometry - the circle, the square and the rectangle - to be realigned as a composition that consciously disturbs any suggestion of order.

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