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    Une américaine à Paris - Un pied-à-terre par François Catroux

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    11 October 2006

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    • VERNER PANTON (1926-1998)
    Lot 90

    VERNER PANTON (1926-1998)

    TABLE D'APPOINT CONE, MODELE CREE EN 1959-1960, EDITION PLUS-LINJE, DANEMARK, DEBUT DES ANNEES 1960

    Price realised

    EUR 6,600

    Estimate

    EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000

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    VERNER PANTON (1926-1998)
    TABLE D'APPOINT CONE, MODELE CREE EN 1959-1960, EDITION PLUS-LINJE, DANEMARK, DEBUT DES ANNEES 1960
    Le plateau de forme circulaire, en placage de palissandre doublé d'une feuille de mélaminé gris orné d'un médaillon émaillé circulaire, reposant sur un piétement central conique garni de skaï noir et terminé par une base quadripode pivotante métallique
    Hauteur : 63,5 cm (25 in.) ; Largeur : 104,5 cm. (41 1/8 in.)

    Provenance

    Vente Phillips, New York, 12 décembre 2001, lot 204, $46,000.

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    Lot Essay

    Cf. Vitra Design Museum, Verner Panton: The Collected Works, Weil am Rhein, 2000, p. 30-31 pour une illustration du catalogue commercial de Plus-Linje, vers 1960, illustrant ces modèles.

    Les propriétaires initiaux de cet ensemble commanderont en 1960 à l'artiste émailleur belge Kurt Lewy le médaillon qui orne le plateau.

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis


    Post Lot Text

    A 'CONE' OCCASIONAL TABLE BY VERNER PANTON, DESIGNED 1959-1960, PLUS-LINJE EDITION, DENMARK, EARLY 1960s
    The original owners of this ensemble will commission in 1960, Belgian artist and enameller, Kurt Lewy, the table top medallion


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