Property from a Private Manhattan Collector
Marc Newson
A Prototype "Embryo" Lounge Chair
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Description
Property from a Private Manhattan Collector
Marc Newson
A Prototype "Embryo" Lounge Chair
circa 1988
together with the original two-piece fiberglass mold and Seating for Six exhibition catalogue, Sydney, 1986
tubular steel, polyurethane foam, PVC tubing, aluminum and Hallingdale Wool by Marcus Pluss
31 ⅞ x 32 x 28 ½ in. (81 x 81.3 x 72.4 cm), chair
25 ¼ x 25 ½ x 40 ¼ in. (64.1 x 64.8 x 102.2 cm), mold
Eckhardt Reissig, Sydney, Australia
Private Collection, Australia, acquired directly from the above
Sotheby's New York, December 18, 2004, lot 760
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson, London, 1999, pp. 26-29 and 212
Stephen Crafti, Request Response Reaction: Australian and New Zealand Designers, Chadstone, Australia, 1999, pp. 86 and 90
Conrad Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, London, 2003, pp. 152-153
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Chairs: 1,000 Masterpieces of Modern Design, 1800 to the Present Day, London, 2012, p. 619
Clément Dirié, Made in Kreo. Le laboratoire du design contemporain, Paris, 2019, pp. 80, 131 and 227
Eckhardt Reissig is the Sydney-based craftsman who produced seven of the Lockheed Lounge Chairs for Marc Newson, after Newson had made the initial prototype.