Lot 94
  • 94

Dan Johnson

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Dan Johnson
  • "Gazelle" Chair
  • Italian walnut and original cane
  • executed by Dan Johnson Studio, Italy

Provenance

Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Sitting on the Edge:  Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, November 20, 1998-February 23, 1999

Literature

Derek E. Ostergard, Mackintosh to Mollino: Fifty Years of Chair Design, New York, 1984, pl. 64
Jerryll Habegger and Joseph H. Osman, Sourcebook of Modern Furniture, New York, 2005, p. 415

Condition

Overall very good original condition. The cane to the seat and seatback in excellent condition and shows no breaks and some light rubbing to finish. The frame of this chair is slightly dry, but remains in impeccable original condition. All fastening hardware to the underside of the seat appears original.
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