Design

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Lot 10
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RON ARAD | Big Easy Volume 2 armchair, designed in 1988

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ron Arad
  • Big Easy Volume 2 armchair, designed in 1988
  • Inscribed with the artist's facsimile signature Ron Arad and numbered 15/20 on the lower front left proper side of the base
  • 96 x 131,2 x 85,4 cm ; 37 3/4  x 51 5/8 x 33 5/8 in.
mirror-polished and patinated stainless steel

Provenance

Galerie Downtown François Laffanour, Paris
Private collection, London, acquired from the above in 2005

Literature

Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad Restless Furniture, London, 1989, pp. 52-53 and 106-107
Raymond Guidot and Olivier Boissiere, Ron Arad, Paris, 1997,  p 55 for a sketch
Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad, London, 1999, pp. 32 and 54-57
Ron Arad, No Discipline, exhibition catalogue, Centre Pompidou, Paris, November 19, 2008 – March 16, 2009, pp. 78-79

Condition

Very good overall condition. The steel presents with very light surface scratches, consistent with age and use. The proper right armrest presents with an horizontal scratch of approxiamtely 7 cm.
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