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Lot 68
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DONALD JUDD | Two Chairs, model no. 45

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Donald Judd
  • Two Chairs, model no. 45
  • one impressed DJ 21 90, the other impressed DJ 22 90
  • aluminium painted in Black red/RAL 3007
  • each: 75 x 50 x 50 cm (25  1/2  x 19  3/4  x 19  3/4  in.)
  • designed 1984, executed 1990

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland

Literature

Piet de Jonge, Iny Schleedoorn, Frederike Huygen, Donald Judd Furniture: Retrospective, exh. cat., Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam and Villa Stuck, Munich, 1993, p. 52
Nigel Prince, ed. Donald Judd: A good chair is a good chair, exh. cat., Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 2010, p. 86

Condition

Overall in very good condition. The painted surfaces with minor scuffs and scratches, concentrated to the seats. The outer edges with minor paint chips revealing the metal below. The proper lower left front edge of one chair with minor paint loss revealing the metal below running vertically and measuring approximately 28 cm and 2mm at the widest point.
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