Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Louis Kahn
A Unique Desk from the Morton and Lenore Weiss House, East Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Louis Kahn
A Unique Desk from the Morton and Lenore Weiss House, East Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
designed 1949, executed 1950
executed by the Alexander Woodwork Co., Philadelphia
walnut, birch, brass
27 3/4 x 78 x 36 in. (70.4 x 198.1 x 91.4 cm)
Morton and Lenore Weiss, East Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent to a Private Collection, Philadelphia
Freeman's Auctions, Philadelphia, October 8, 2017, lot 40
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent to a Private Collection, Philadelphia
Freeman's Auctions, Philadelphia, October 8, 2017, lot 40
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Yutaka Saito, Louis I. Kahn Houses 1940-1974, Tokyo, 2003, p. 265 (for the present lot photographed in the Weiss House)
George H. Marcus and William Whitaker, The Houses of Louis Kahn, New Haven, 2013, pp. 85 (for a production drawing of the present lot), 86 (for a period photograph of the present lot in the Weiss House) and 124 (for a period photograph of the present lot in the Weiss House)
George H. Marcus and William Whitaker, The Houses of Louis Kahn, New Haven, 2013, pp. 85 (for a production drawing of the present lot), 86 (for a period photograph of the present lot in the Weiss House) and 124 (for a period photograph of the present lot in the Weiss House)