Lot No. 10


Four chairs (“Freiherr von Knigge chairs”), designed by Heimo Zobernig * & Franz West *,


Four chairs (“Freiherr von Knigge chairs”), designed by Heimo Zobernig * & Franz West *, - Design First

1998, and a table, designed by Heimo Zobernig, 1999, welded raw steel chairs, floor covering in grey, orange, violet, and off-white used for the seats and backrests, chairs: height 85 cm, width 45.5 cm, depth 49 cm, height of seat 48.5 cm; table: steel, blue glass top, signed: H. Zobernig, height 74 cm, 74 x 74 cm. (DRAX)

Lit.:
Heimo Zobernig, exh. cat., Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna 2002/3, Kunsthalle Basel, 2003, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2003

Exhibited:
AB Austria Exposicion Arquitecura en el Siglo XX, CAAC Seville 1998 – Project Space, Centro Cultural, Lisbon 1999

Provenance:
private collection, Vienna, purchased at Heimo Zobernig’s studio

The table by Heimo Zobernig is a prototype featuring a blue glass top, while the chairs have jointly been created by both artists. The frame of the chair was conceived by Franz West, while Heimo Zobernig added the coloured carpet flooring for the seats and backrests. The chairs were commissioned for an exhibition on Austrian architecture in Seville in 1998, where they were used for the lecture hall. Altogether 98 steel chairs by West were covered with monochrome carpet flooring in 15 colours based on Zobernig’s concept.

20.06.2017 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 42,500.-
Estimate:
EUR 34,000.- to EUR 45,000.-

Four chairs (“Freiherr von Knigge chairs”), designed by Heimo Zobernig * & Franz West *,


1998, and a table, designed by Heimo Zobernig, 1999, welded raw steel chairs, floor covering in grey, orange, violet, and off-white used for the seats and backrests, chairs: height 85 cm, width 45.5 cm, depth 49 cm, height of seat 48.5 cm; table: steel, blue glass top, signed: H. Zobernig, height 74 cm, 74 x 74 cm. (DRAX)

Lit.:
Heimo Zobernig, exh. cat., Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna 2002/3, Kunsthalle Basel, 2003, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2003

Exhibited:
AB Austria Exposicion Arquitecura en el Siglo XX, CAAC Seville 1998 – Project Space, Centro Cultural, Lisbon 1999

Provenance:
private collection, Vienna, purchased at Heimo Zobernig’s studio

The table by Heimo Zobernig is a prototype featuring a blue glass top, while the chairs have jointly been created by both artists. The frame of the chair was conceived by Franz West, while Heimo Zobernig added the coloured carpet flooring for the seats and backrests. The chairs were commissioned for an exhibition on Austrian architecture in Seville in 1998, where they were used for the lecture hall. Altogether 98 steel chairs by West were covered with monochrome carpet flooring in 15 colours based on Zobernig’s concept.


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Auction: Design First
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 20.06.2017 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 10.06. - 20.06.2017


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