Frank Gehry, Snake Lamp

Lot Closed

October 7, 06:16 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Frank Gehry

Snake Lamp

1989

together with the original crate

number 42 from an edition of 60

papier-mâché with gouache

produced by New Editions, Venice, CA

signed Gehry, incised FRANK GEHRY/MOCA/THE SNAKE LAMP/PRODUCED BY NEW CITY EDITIONS VENICE, CA, numbered 42/60 and dated 1989; crate stamped FRANK GEHRY/SNAKE LAMP and numbered 42/60

66 in. (167.6 cm) long

Sotheby’s New York, June 19, 2007, lot 71

Acquired from the above by the present owner

J. Fiona Ragheb, ed., Frank Gehry, Architect, New York, 2001, pp. 80-81 (for related models)

Francesco Dal Co and Kurt W. Forster, Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works, Milan, 2003, p. 278 (for a related model)