Property from a Private New York Collection
Ron Arad
"Cartier" Table from the Fondation Cartier Installation, Paris
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December 6, 05:52 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private New York Collection
Ron Arad
"Cartier" Table from the Fondation Cartier Installation, Paris
1994
number 17 from an edition of 40
laser-cut mirror-polished stainless steel and steel
engraved with artist's name and stamped 17
29⅞ x 117⅞ x 49¾ in. (75.9 x 299 x 126.4 cm)
Private Collection
Sotheby's New York, December 15, 2006, lot 11
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Sotheby's New York, December 15, 2006, lot 11
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad, London, 1999, pp. 116-118
Ron Arad talks to Matthew Collings about designing chairs, vases, buildings, and..., London, 2004, pp. 70, 73, 74, and 77
Ron Arad, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, p. 24
Emily Hall, ed., Ron Arad: No Discipline, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, p. 139 (for a related work)
Ron Arad talks to Matthew Collings about designing chairs, vases, buildings, and..., London, 2004, pp. 70, 73, 74, and 77
Ron Arad, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, p. 24
Emily Hall, ed., Ron Arad: No Discipline, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, p. 139 (for a related work)
The present lot is one of forty unique tables created by Ron Arad for the Cartier installation in 1994. The organically shaped tables were arranged throughout the gallery to literally cover the space and reflect the nature and surroundings back at the viewer. And while the result challenged the viewer’s sense of reality versus reflection, the tops also transformed the relationship of exterior and interior. In 2005, Arad would revisit this exhibition concept; however, this time the tables literally climbed the walls, and reflected multiple planes at the viewer.
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