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Mathias Bengtsson b. 1971
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
`Spun Carbon' Chaise Longue
- signed `Mathias Bengtsson' in white paint
- 83.5 by 206.5 by 83.5 cm.
- 33 by 81¼ by 33 in.
carbon fibre
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, November 2003
Literature
Elsebeth Welander-Berggren, Mathias Bengtsson, exhibition catalogue, Röhsska museet, Göteborg, March 19 - May 8, 2005, u.p.
Gareth Williams, The Furniture Machine: Furniture since 1990, London, 2006, p. 99.
Gareth Williams, The Furniture Machine: Furniture since 1990, London, 2006, p. 99.
Catalogue Note
Bengtsson employed technology developed by NASA to create his chaise longue. A robotic arm spins a continuous thread of carbon fibre around a mould creating an organic form.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist.