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Thomas Heatherwick
'PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GLASS' CHAIR SCULPTURE, FROM THE 'SALVIATI MEETS LONDON' PROJECT
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UK: Greenford Park
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10,000 — 15,000
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LOT SOLD. 16,250 GBP
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Thomas Heatherwick
'PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GLASS' CHAIR SCULPTURE, FROM THE 'SALVIATI MEETS LONDON' PROJECT
Estimate
UK: Greenford Park
Lots marked W will be sent to Greenford Park Fine Art Storage Facility immediately after the auction.
Artist's Resale Right
Purchase of lots marked with this symbol will be subject to the payment of the artist's resale right.
Dagger
Normal VAT rules apply and the standard rate of VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium. In France the reduced rate is applied where the item is defined as a book for VAT purposes. In Australia GST is charged at the standard rate on both hammer price and premium.
10,000 — 15,000
GBP
LOT SOLD. 16,250 GBP
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Design: Living in a Material World

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Thomas Heatherwick
'PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GLASS' CHAIR SCULPTURE, FROM THE 'SALVIATI MEETS LONDON' PROJECT
engraved Thomas Heatherwick per Salviati: no 6/12 
from an edition of 12 + 1 P
blown glass
84.5 x 41 x 59 cm  (33  1/4  x 16  1/8  x 23  1/4  in.)
2004
executed by Salviati, Murano, Italy for Vessel Gallery, London, England
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Literature

Thomas Heatherwick and Maisie Rowe, Thomas Heatherwick: Making, London, 2012, pp. 305, 307, 603

Catalogue Note

Famed for his adventurous take on architecture, Heatherwick created the ‘Keep off the Glass’ series as an experiment to push the boundaries of the delicate material, using a traditional technique normally reserved for vases. Working closely with Murano’s famed master glass-blowers, the chair was assembled using ultra violet adhesive and can support the weight of a human being. Although initially Heatherwick’s studio was aiming to use the process to create a chair, it could be said that a vase inevitably appeared: “Our chair was made out of open-ended bubbles, the back was a perfect vessel for flowers and water, and that unwittingly we had made a vase anyway”.

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