Marcel Breuer - Design New York Wednesday, December 14, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Fred Forbát, Zehlendorf, Berlin
    Andor & Catherine Kemeny, Zehlendorf, Berlin
    Andor & Catherine Kemeny, Toronto
    Acquired from Catherine Kemeny in the late 1990s

  • Literature

    Christopher Wilk, Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981, p. 58 for a similar example
    Bauhaus Furniture: A Legend Reviewed, exh. cat., Bauhaus Archiv Museum für bestaltung, Berlin, 2002, p. 53 for a similar example

PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION

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Vitrine, from the apartment of Fred Forbát

ca.1925
Cherry-veneered wood, wood, metal, glass.
76 3/4 x 22 1/8 x 20 in. (194.9 x 56.2 x 50.8 cm)

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for $42,500

Design

14 December 2011
New York