An “Austria” table, designed by Gaetano Pesce *,
1996, for The Gallery Mourmans, Knokke-le Zoute, Belgium, soft polyurethane, metal, height 73 cm, 270 x 105 cm. (DRAX)
A unique piece.
The “Austria” table is part of the “EU Tables” project. For each EU country – in 1996 including 15 nations (France, Great Britain, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Belgium, Finland, Portugal, Spain, and Austria) – Pesce designed a table the top of which was determined by the outlines of its borders. The tables are supported on legs in the form of question marks. Each country’s capital is marked by a dot. All of the tables are unique pieces, as is the EU Table itself, comprising all of the countries, with its outlines comprising of the borders of the European Union as it existed then.
Exhibited:
Gaetano Pesce: Le temps des Questions, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1996.
Provenance:
Klaus Engelhorn Collection, Vienna
Lit.:
Gaetano Pesce. The Gallery Mourmans, 1997, no. 35, ill.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
06.11.2014 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 28,000.- to EUR 35,000.-
An “Austria” table, designed by Gaetano Pesce *,
1996, for The Gallery Mourmans, Knokke-le Zoute, Belgium, soft polyurethane, metal, height 73 cm, 270 x 105 cm. (DRAX)
A unique piece.
The “Austria” table is part of the “EU Tables” project. For each EU country – in 1996 including 15 nations (France, Great Britain, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Belgium, Finland, Portugal, Spain, and Austria) – Pesce designed a table the top of which was determined by the outlines of its borders. The tables are supported on legs in the form of question marks. Each country’s capital is marked by a dot. All of the tables are unique pieces, as is the EU Table itself, comprising all of the countries, with its outlines comprising of the borders of the European Union as it existed then.
Exhibited:
Gaetano Pesce: Le temps des Questions, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1996.
Provenance:
Klaus Engelhorn Collection, Vienna
Lit.:
Gaetano Pesce. The Gallery Mourmans, 1997, no. 35, ill.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.11.2014 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 29.10. - 06.11.2014 |