Lot 177
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MARC NEWSON | Orgone chair

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 EUR
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Description

  • Marc Newson
  • Orgone chair
  • Monogrammed MN, stamped MARC NEWSON POD EDITION and numbered 5/6This work is part of an edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs plus 1 prototype
  • 86 x 95 x 73 cm ; 33 7/8 x 37 3/8 x 28 3/4 in.
  • 1993
aluminium and enamel

Provenance

Private European collection, acquired directly from the artist in 1999
Christie's, London, April 7, 2009, lot 105
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson, London, 1999, pp. 84-87
Aluminium By Design, exhibition catalogue, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, October 28, 2000 - February 11, 2001, p. 264
Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, London, 2002, p. 184
Cinzia Ferrara, Marc Newson : Design tra organicità e fantascienza, Milan, 2005, p. 72
Marc Newson, catalogue d'exposition, Gagosian Gallery, New York, January 25 – Marc 3, 2007, p. 64
Alison Castle, Marc Newson Works, London, 2012, pp. 70-76

Condition

Very good overall condition. The chair presents with some very light surface scratches scattered, slightly more visible on the legs. There are a few extremely rare tiny indentations, not visually distracting and concentrated to the the legs. The proper left upper corner of the backrest presents with a line of tiny indentations on approximately 2 cm. The red enamel with some very light surface soiling and very tiny surface stains easily removable. There is a thin black pen mark on the red enamel right above the proper left front leg.
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Catalogue Note

"It's all about the interior, and the importance of negative space, which has always seemed as interesting to me as the exterior."
Marc Newson


The Orgone chair will be included as MN-9OC-1993 in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of limited editions by Marc Newson, currently being prepared by Didier Krzentowski.

We would like to thank Marc Newson Studio for their assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.