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Ron Arad
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Ron Arad
- "Cartier" Table from the Fondation Cartier Installation, Paris
- engraved with artist's name and stamped 17
- laser-cut mirror-polished stainless steel and steel
number seventeen from an edition of forty
Provenance
Private Collection
Sotheby's New York, December 15, 2006, lot 11
Sotheby's New York, December 15, 2006, lot 11
Literature
Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad, London, 1999, pp. 116-118
Ron Arad talks to Matthew Collings about designing chairs, vases, buildings, and..., London, 2004, pp. 70, 73, 74, and 77
Ron Arad, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, p. 24
Emily Hall, ed., Ron Arad: No Discipline, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, p. 139 (for a related work)
Ron Arad talks to Matthew Collings about designing chairs, vases, buildings, and..., London, 2004, pp. 70, 73, 74, and 77
Ron Arad, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, p. 24
Emily Hall, ed., Ron Arad: No Discipline, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, p. 139 (for a related work)
Condition
Overall very good original condition. This top of this table is executed in mirror-polished steel and therefore should be handled with care. The top of this table with a few occasional light and minor surface scratches consistent with gentle handling and use. This is a superb original condition example of this important table form designed and executed by Ron Arad for the Cartier installation.
Please note this piece is of considerable weight. Please contact the department or post sale services for assistance in the transport of this work.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
IN CONTEXT:
But in this new Cartier Foundation building, the art is really on its own – there’s no support from the architecture. The sky’s outside and it’s a glass wall, so the outside space is right there on the inside, felt to be totally right there inside the building…. Forty of them, yes, and when they were new they were absolutely like mirrors. They reflected the outside and you could see every change of light. And also they take a bit of reality outside and frame it.
— Ron Arad, Ron Arad talks to Matthew Collings about designing chairs, vases, buildings, and...,
But in this new Cartier Foundation building, the art is really on its own – there’s no support from the architecture. The sky’s outside and it’s a glass wall, so the outside space is right there on the inside, felt to be totally right there inside the building…. Forty of them, yes, and when they were new they were absolutely like mirrors. They reflected the outside and you could see every change of light. And also they take a bit of reality outside and frame it.
— Ron Arad, Ron Arad talks to Matthew Collings about designing chairs, vases, buildings, and...,
The present lot is one of forty unique tables created by Ron Arad for the Cartier installation in 1994. The organically shaped tables were arranged throughout the gallery to literally cover the space and reflect the nature and surroundings back at the viewer. And while the result challenged the viewer’s sense of reality versus reflection, the tops also transformed the relationship of exterior and interior. In 2005, Arad would revisit this exhibition concept; however, this time the tables literally climbed the walls, and reflected multiple planes at the viewer.