Robert Wilson - Design New York Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Byrd Hoffman Foundation
    Acquired directly from the above, 1998

  • Exhibited

    TSE (come in under the shadow of this red rock), Oriestadi di Gibellina, Sicily, 1994

  • Catalogue Essay

    Robert Wilson designed the present lot for his theatrical production
    of TSE (come in under the shadow of this red rock), which first ran
    September 3-10, 1994 in an empty granary in Gibellina, Sicily. Wilson
    was influenced by T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land as well as by the latter’s
    own varied sources including Greek mythology.

260

Rare “Zeus Chair"

circa 1994
Bronze, stone.
46 x 37 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (116.8 x 95.9 x 40 cm)
First stage model preceding the edition of three.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $17,500

Contact Specialist
Meaghan Roddy
Head of Sale, New York
mroddy@phillips.com
+ 1 212 940 1266

Design

New York 17 December 2013 2pm