Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam
Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam
Ron Arad
"RTW" (Reinventing The Wheel) Bookshelf
Auction Closed
October 15, 05:11 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ron Arad
"RTW" (Reinventing The Wheel) Bookshelf
designed 1996, executed 2004
number 6 from an edition of 20 plus 5 artists' proofs
produced by Ron Arad, Italy
polished stainless steel
impressed Ron Arad and numbered 6/20
70¾ x 70¾ x 13¾ in. (179.7 x 179.7 x 34.9 cm)
Paola Antonelli, et al., Ron Arad: No Discipline, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, pp. 21 and 129
Sotheby’s would like to thank Ron Arad and Associates Limited for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Executed in Arad’s studio, the “RTW” was originally produced in now-closed editions of two sizes, 180 and 130 cm diameter respectively, and with further option for surface treatment, either polished stainless steel like the present example, or patinated carbon steel. Caroline Thorman of Ron Arad Associates has confirmed that this, the larger 180 cm example executed in stainless steel, was realized in limited examples.
In response to the challenging production costs and complex production requirements of the studio-produced examples, a simplified unnumbered version now adjusted for serial production was briefly produced by Hidden, the Netherlands, for commercial retail. These examples featured a less complex arrangement of slats, were produced only from aluminum, and in the smaller diameter of 130 cm.