Ruth FRANCKEN (1924-2006) Rare sculptural... - Lot 194 - Maison R&C, Commissaires-Priseurs Associés

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Ruth FRANCKEN (1924-2006) Rare sculptural... - Lot 194 - Maison R&C, Commissaires-Priseurs Associés
Ruth FRANCKEN (1924-2006) Rare sculptural seat called Man Steel, fibreglass foam injected polyurethane Signed prototype 99 x 56 x 72 cm. Gallery X, 1988 A prototype 'Man' flesh Polyurethane, chromium plated steel Signed by the designer to underside of seat 38.98 x 22.05 x 28.35 in. Note: This armchair is made from a moulding on a body in exemplary plasterwork, made by the Xiane Gallery and Eric Germain in 1971, only 11 copies were available. were carried out by the Mérat company. In 1988, the Galerie X in Brussels in agreement with Ruth Francken edits again this model, but the two parties do not agree. are not heard and production stopped at 30 copies. References : - Intérieurs, le mobilier français, 1965-1979, Du regard, 1983, Paris, p. 50. - Philippe Decelle, Diane Hennebert and Pierre Loze, L'utopie du tout plastique 1960-1973, Fondation ed. for Architecture, Brussels, 1994, p. 100. - Yvonne Brunhammer and Marie-Laure Perrin, The Mobilier Français 1960-1998, Massin, Paris, 1998, p. 138 for the same model in white. - Anne Bony, Meubles et décors des années 70, Du Regard, Paris, 2005, p. 99. - Design contre Design, exhibition catalogue, Galleries Nationals of the Grand Palais, September 26 200 7- 7 January 2008, NMR, p. 260. - Patrick Favardin and Guy Bloch-Champfort, Les Décorateurs des années 60-70, Norma, Paris, 2007, p. 173.
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