Modern & Contemporary Art
Modern & Contemporary Art
Property from a Private German Collection
Franz West
Kodu-Stuhl (Kodu-Chair)
Lot Closed
September 17, 10:31 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Franz West
1947 - 2012
Kodu-Stuhl (Kodu-Chair)
steel and African silk textile
85 by 40 by 42 cm., 33½ by 15¾ by 16½ in.
Executed circa 2001.
This work is accompanied by an archival statement issued by the Archiv Franz West, Vienna.
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The present work by the Austrian artist Franz West, best known for his unconventional abstracts sculptures and objects, is an exceptional example from the series of his Kodu-Chairs (Kodu-Stühle), which he produced between 1999 and 2005 in an edition of circa 500.
Most of the Kodu-Chairs were executed with colourful printed fabrics with African patterns, patterns of back rest and seat always differed, each example uniquely created in form and colour. This particular version is of great distinctive feature due to its fine silk fabric of which there was only a small number created, only about 15 are known today.