Favorite Picks: Wright: Modern Design

. Monday, March 25, 2013

DAN JOHNSON's gazelle chair in sculpted aluminum




Wright opens their 2013 auction season with Modern Design, an auction featuring works by the most celebrated designers of the past century. These are my favorite picks.

EDWARD WORMLEY sofa for dunbar
POUL KJAERHOLM PK80 daybed
UELI BERGER, ELEANORA PEDUZZI-RIVA AND HEINZ ULRICH's organic sofa
ROBERT SONNEMAN Table lamps
Dezza sofa by GIO PONTI
coffee table by GIO PONTI
set of superleggera chairs by GIO PONTI
ARREDOLUCE floor lamp
Angelo lelli ceiling lamp
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE barcelona chair elevation for gerald griffith
(note the crisp and clean base intersection vs. knoll's below)
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE blueprint for knoll's barcelona chair
cloud sculpture by harry bertoia
a beautifully worn Jean Prouve compass table
A set of stitched leather chairs by jacques adnet
a rare desk organizer by paul mccobb
a rare set of donald knorr chairs for knoll with even rarer upholstery pads
A rare and intricate motion-notion clock by george nelson associates

Modern Design takes place in Chicago, March 28th.  See the full preview here.

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