George Nelson
"Marshmallow" Sofa
Lot Closed
March 12, 05:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
George Nelson
"Marshmallow" Sofa
circa 1956
produced by Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan
leather upholstery, enameled steel, chrome-plated steel
31 x 52 x 29 in. (78.7 x 132 x 73.6 cm)
Private Collection, Palm Beach
Galere Gallery, Palm Beach, 2011
Collection of Peter M. Brant and Stephanie Seymour
Sotheby's New York, PROUVÉ x BASQUIAT: Art and Design from the Collection of Peter M. Brant and Stephanie Seymour, December 8, 2023, lot 1
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Cherie Fehrman and Kenneth Fehrman, Postwar Interior Design: 1945-1960, New York, 1987, p. 141, pl. 63
Charlotte Fiell and Peter Fiell, Modern Furniture Classics Since 1945, London, 1991, p. 67
John R. Berry, Herman Miller: Classic Furniture and System Designs for the Working Environment, London, 2005, pp. 33, 77 and 195
Jeffrey L. Meikle, Design in the U.S.A., Oxford, 2005, p. 147
Alexander von Vegesack and Jochen Eisenbrand, George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher, Weil am Rhein, 2013, p. 267