Alessandro Mendini - Design New York Thursday, June 9, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from Dilmos SRL, Milan, 1980
    Private collection, Italy
    Phillips, New York, "Design Masters," December 17, 2013, lot 439
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Albrecht Bangert, Italian Furniture Design: Ideas Styles Movements, Munich, 1988, pp. 63, 65, 116
    Glenn Adamson and Jane Pavitt, eds., Postmodernism: Style and Subversion, 1970-1990, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2011, p. 41

65

Early "Poltrona di Proust" armchair

1979-1980
Painted fabric, painted wood.
42 1/2 x 40 x 34 in. (108 x 101.6 x 86.4 cm)
Hand-painted by Francesco Migliaccio. Together with a copy of the certificate of authenticity signed by Alessandro Mendini.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $62,500

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New York Auction 9 June 2016