Set of three Prototype 'Amadeus' Chairs, for 'The Magic Flute', designed 1991

Details

ROBERT WILSON (B. 1941)
Set of three Prototype 'Amadeus' Chairs, for 'The Magic Flute', designed 1991
produced by Gilbert Kadyszewski, Paris
iron
(largest) 87 x 25 x 15 in. (221 x 63.5 x 38.1 cm)
number 2 of 3 prototypes

Provenance

Betty Freeman, acquired directly from the artist, 1997
Property from the Collection of Betty Freeman, Christie's, New York, 22 July 2010, lot 106
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Robert Wilson: Mr. Bojangles’ memory: og son of fire, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1991, n.p.
F. Quadri, F. Bertoni, R. Stearns, Robert Wilson, New York, 1998, p. 219
M. Moldoveanu, Composition, Lumière et Couleur dans le théâtre de Robert Wilson: l’expérience comme mode de pensée, Paris, 2001, p. 104

Further details

Christie's would like to thank Noah Khoshbin, Curator at Watermill Center, New York, for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.

Conditions of sale

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Daphné Riou SVP, Global Co-Head of Design

DRiou@christies.com +1 917 376 8171

Descriptif du lot

Robert Wilson designed these 'Amadeus' chairs for the Opéra Bastille production of The Magic Flute (1991) fabricated by Gilbert Kadyszewski, Paris. The present set of chairs is prototype number 2 of 3 sets made, followed by an edition of 3 sets later produced.

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