Alessandro Mendini - Swatch Hong Kong Wednesday, November 23, 2011 | Phillips

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    • 2002

    • Polyurethane foam, fibreglass, watches and watch parts.

    • 360 × 68 × 12 cm (141.75 × 26.75 × 4.75 in).

  • Catalogue Essay

    This colourful sailboard was transformed into a work of art by the eminent Italian designer and architect Alessandro Mendini. A relatively recent addition to Olympic Games competitions, windsurfing has all the romance of the hero taking on the forces of nature, alone on the sea with only the wind, his wits and a makeshift boat to take him to his destination. Mendini decorates his unique sailboard with patches of colour and good-luck charms made from Swatch watch components. Like the other Kaleidoscope lots on offer, Mendini’s sailboard was exhibited at a street-painting festival in Athens priorto the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

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Windsurfing

2002
Polyurethane foam, fibreglass, watches and watch parts.
360 × 68 × 12 cm (141.75 × 26.75 × 4.75 in).

Estimate
HK$55,000 - 65,000 

Sold for HK$52,500

Swatch

24 November 2011
Hong Kong