A set of six chairs, Model No. 2, designed by Beat Frank,
Switzerland 1995, manufactured by Atelier Vorsprung, Bern, Switzerland, for Le Corbusier’s priory Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, reduced laminated birch frame, natural and sanded wood, signed “Frank” and numbered, height approx. 92 cm, diameter approx. 52 cm, height of seat approx. 45 cm. (MHA)
These chairs are part of a pilot run of 20 and never went into series production. They were designed upon the initiative of the French Ministry of Culture for the Dominican Order priory of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, which had been built by Le Corbusier between 1957 and 1960, and were only installed on-site for a brief period of time. Eventually, however, the refectory for which these chairs had been intended was not realised, so that their production remained limited to this pilot series.
Provenance:
Home of an architect, Nuremberg
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
02.11.2017 - 17:00
- Estimate:
-
EUR 4,000.- to EUR 7,000.-
A set of six chairs, Model No. 2, designed by Beat Frank,
Switzerland 1995, manufactured by Atelier Vorsprung, Bern, Switzerland, for Le Corbusier’s priory Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, reduced laminated birch frame, natural and sanded wood, signed “Frank” and numbered, height approx. 92 cm, diameter approx. 52 cm, height of seat approx. 45 cm. (MHA)
These chairs are part of a pilot run of 20 and never went into series production. They were designed upon the initiative of the French Ministry of Culture for the Dominican Order priory of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, which had been built by Le Corbusier between 1957 and 1960, and were only installed on-site for a brief period of time. Eventually, however, the refectory for which these chairs had been intended was not realised, so that their production remained limited to this pilot series.
Provenance:
Home of an architect, Nuremberg
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
|
Buyers hotline
Mon.-Fri.: 10.00am - 5.00pm
kundendienst@dorotheum.at +43 1 515 60 200 |
| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.11.2017 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 27.10. - 02.11.2017 |