Marc Newson b. 1963

aluminium and enamel

The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht

Volker Albus and Volker Fischer, 13 Nach Memphis:  Design Zwichen Askese und Sinnlichkeit, Munich, 1995, p. 127
Alexander von Vegesack, Peter Dunas, and Mathias Schwartz-Clauss (eds), 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum, exhibition catalogue, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 172
Alice Rawsthorn, 'Marc Newson,' I.D. Magazine, January/February 1996, p. 70
Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson, London, 1999, pp. 90-93
Luxo, Pop, Cool, exhibition catalogue, Museu do Design, Lisbon, 1999, fig. 224 (for an example in the collection of the Museu do Design)
Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, London, 2003, pp. 144-145

An iconic piece of excellent condition. The red enamelled interior with a slightly darker tone than the catalogue illustration suggests. Piece with polished patina with minute scratches consistent with polishing during manufacture. Two very faint construction seams visible across the 'waist' of the shape inherent in the making. One tiny abrasion, measuring 1 x 1.5 cm, to the left facing edge of the piece along the rim of the opening. The piece is light and easily moveable with two people.
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"The form is one that I was striving for when I made the 'Lockheed Lounge' but, in those days, I didn't have the knowledge or the resources to make it." Marc Newson