Lot 179
  • 179

STUDIO JOB | Perished cabinet

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Studio Job
  • Perished cabinet
  • Signed Job on one sideThis lot is part of an edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs
  • 170,5 x 120 x 50 cm ; 67 1/8 x 47 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.
  • 2006
Macassar ebony and bird's eye maple

Provenance

Private collection, London, acquired directly from the artist

Literature

Sophie Lovell, Furnish, Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st century, Berlin, 2007, p. 16
Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel, The Book of Job, New York, 2010, pp. 102-107 and 288 for related works from the series

Condition

Excellent overall condition. The surface presents with a few very rare extremely tiny dents and extremely light surface scratches, all of them barely visible and not visually distractive. The cabinet has three shelves.
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Catalogue Note

The Perished Collection, composed of limited-edition furniture pieces including this triptych bench and cabinet, is emblematic of Studio Job's work.
As always researching to combine traditional and modern techniques, in this series the inlays were cut using high-tech lasers and assembled by expert craftsmen using the 17th century marquetry method.
The intriguing pattern composed of animals skeletons including monkeys, crocodiles, birds, seahorses and others is one of their most iconic design making these highly collectible pieces.