Eero Saarinen
Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Description
Eero Saarinen
1910 - 1961
EIGHT `TULIP' SIDE CHAIRS FROM THE `PEDESTAL' COLLECTION
for Knoll International, each with label to the underside `Knoll International Fabriqué en Suisse par WB Form Selection', three dated `11 Nov 1968', five dated `12 Nov 1968'
Quantity: 8
enameled cast aluminium, fibre-reinforced plastic, upholstery
81.5 by 50 by 53.5cm. 32 by 19 5/8 by 21 1/8 in.
designed in 1957, executed in 1968.
1910 - 1961
EIGHT `TULIP' SIDE CHAIRS FROM THE `PEDESTAL' COLLECTION
for Knoll International, each with label to the underside `Knoll International Fabriqué en Suisse par WB Form Selection', three dated `11 Nov 1968', five dated `12 Nov 1968'
Quantity: 8
enameled cast aluminium, fibre-reinforced plastic, upholstery
81.5 by 50 by 53.5cm. 32 by 19 5/8 by 21 1/8 in.
designed in 1957, executed in 1968.
A top price for Eero Saarinen
When the work Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection by Eero Saarinen was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May 2012, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than seven times as high at GBP 11,875.00 (€ 14,795.73). This high result makes Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection the most expensive artwork by Eero Saarinen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Eero Saarinen
Als die Arbeit Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection von Eero Saarinen im Mai 2012 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 11.875,00 (€ 14.795,73) mehr als siebenmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Eero Saarinen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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