Lot 34
  • 34

Tord Boontje

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Tord Boontje
  • "Petit Jardin"
  • signed, dated, titled and numbered

  • enameled metal
  • 2006 number 1 from an edition of 6

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Exhibited

The Forest of Karakusa, The House of Shiseido, Tokyo, February 7-March 19, 2006
The End, Moss, New York, February 9-March 20, 2005

Literature

Martina Margetts, Tord Boontje, New York, 2006, p. 10 (for a prototype executed in cardboard)
Robert Kianten, Sophie Levell, and Birga Meyer, eds., Furnish:  Furniture and International Design for the 21st Century, Berlin, 2007, p. 174
Sophie Lovell, Limited Edition:  Prototypes, One-Offs, and Design Art Furniture, Basel, 2009, p. 176

Condition

Overall excellent condition. Please note the measurements of this lot, as it is a large scale work. A superb first example from the edition.
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