Oscar Niemeyer - Design New York Tuesday, June 9, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Anna Maria Niemeyer, Brazil, circa 1978
    Soraia Cals, Rio de Janeiro, "Coleção Anna Maria Niemeyer," October 30, 2012, lot 157
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, circa 1978

  • Literature

    Jean Petit, Niemeyer: Poète d’Architecture, Lugano, 1995, p. 362 for a drawing, p. 367 for related chairs, p. 383
    Alan Hess, Oscar Niemeyer Houses, New York, 2006, pp. 222-23 for related chairs
    Roberto Civita, Pedro Ariel Santana, Design Brasil: 101 anos de história, exh. cat., Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, 2010, p. 59 for a drawing

38

Ottoman

circa 1978
Painted bent-plywood, leather.
9 x 27 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. (22.9 x 69.9 x 72.1 cm)
Manufactured by Tendo Brasileira, Brazil. Underside with manufacturer's label TENDO BRASILEIRA/INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE MOVEIS LTD./TAUBATÉ · S.PAULO · IND. BRAS./C.G.C(MF) 45.176.906 / 0001 · 08. Together with a certificate of authenticity issued by Soraia Cals, Rio de Janeiro on behalf of the Anna Maria Niemeyer estate.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $12,500

Contact Specialist
Meaghan Roddy
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New York
+1 212 940 1266

Design

New York Auction 9 June 2015 2pm