Frank Gehry

Salone del Mobile, Milan, April 22-27, 2009

Overall superb condition. With a few shallow areas of extreme minor abrasions, which are only visible on close inspection. The original crate created especially for this piece has been retained, and will be sold with the bench. A unique design by Frank Gehry, and the proceeds from the sale of this work will go to the Hereditary Disease Foundation.
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Tuyo y mio.  Yours and mine.  This bench designed for two began as a sketch in 2004 during Frank Gehry's first collaboration with Emeco.  Finally completed in early 2009, it represents the next frontier in aluminum design.

Emeco, founded in 1944, is dedicated to the pursuit of new uses and applications of aluminum and has produced designs by noted architects and designers such as Ettore Sottsass, Norman Foster and Philippe Starck. The "Superlight" chair, the first partnership between Gehry and Emeco, was given the 2004 Good Design Award and has recently been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. 

In the production of "Tuyomyo," Emeco utilized fabrication techniques developed in aircraft manufacturing.  With the ability to manipulate such a large piece of aluminum, Gehry's multi-planar design of an abstract weightless form has been translated into a functional bench with a dynamic sense of energy and movement.  "Tuyomyo" is a small scale exploration of the design principles that dominate the work of this master architect. 

Dr. Milton Wexler, with founding trustees Frank and Berta Gehry, established the Hereditary Disease Foundation in 1968.  Dedicated to the field of research for genetic and brain disorders, this foundation stands at the forefront of scientific ingenuity and progress.  All proceeds from the sale of this item will benefit a research fund established in 2008 in honor of Gehry's late daughter, the Leslie Gehry Brenner Award for Innovation in Science.

"The form has to be free and light. It must be structural, and at the same time poetic. And a little dangerous."
Frank Gehry