Ron Arad

number 2 from an edition of 20

Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005

Raymond Guidot et Olivier Boissière, Ron Arad, Paris, 1997, p. 29 (for a version in steel)
Ron Arad, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, p. 52
Alba Cappellieri, Design & Italy, Ron Arad, Milan, 2008, p.15
Ron Arad, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2008, pp. 98-99
Emily Hall, ed., Ron Arad:  No Discipline, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, pp. 34-35

Overall in very good original condition. This chair is designed to be functional in every direction, with high or low seating depending on the position of the cube. The seats and backs of the armchair are executed in a mirror-polished bronze and should be treated with care as it will easily scratch and tarnish. The bronze surfaces with a few very minor and shallow surface scratches and minute edge dents, consistent with age and gentle handling. The polished surfaces with a few minor isolated finger prints, not at all visually distracting. A wonderful example from this iconic Ron Arad’s design. ---
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