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Property from a Private South American Collector

Ron Arad

"Big Heavy" Chair

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June 7, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

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Property from a Private South American Collector

Ron Arad

"Big Heavy" Chair


designed circa 1989

number 16 from an edition of 20 plus 5 artist's proofs

executed by The Gallery Mourmans, Netherlands

mirror-polished stainless steel

signed Ron Arad and numbered 16/20

26½ x 27 x 36 in. (67.3 x 68.6 x 91.4 cm)

Christie's New York, September 8, 2008, lot 2
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Alexander von Vegesack, ed., Sticks & Stones One Offs & Short Runs Ron Arad 1980-1990, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1990, pp. 114-115 (for a blackened steel version of the model)
Ron Arad, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1981-2004, exh. cat., Barry Friedman, New York, 2005, pp. 68-69 and 101