Design
Design
"Phoenix" Bookcase
Lot Closed
March 12, 05:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Michele de Lucchi
"Phoenix" Bookcase
circa 1983
produced by Memphis, Milan
laminated wood, steel, glass, plastic laminate
86 ½ x 86 x 17 ⅜ in. (219.7 x 218.4 x 44.1 cm)
Sotheby's New York, April 1, 2021, lot 135
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Memphis Furniture Milano 1983, sales catalogue, Milan, 1983, n.p.
Barbara Radice, Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, London, 1985, p. 36
Fiorella Bulegato and Sergio Polano, Michele De Lucchi. Comincia qui e finisce là, 2004, pp. 58-59
Polly Devlin, New York Behind Closed Doors, New York, 2017, pp. 78, 82 (for the present lot illustrated)
This "Phoenix" Bookcase is one of only four produced by Memphis. Another example of the model was in the collection of Karl Lagerfeld.