Constantin Boym - Design New York Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | Phillips

Design

New York 11 June 2013 11am

  • Exhibited

    "Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design," The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, July 14-October 18, 2009

  • Literature

    Gareth Williams, Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design, exh. cat., The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2009, illustrated p. 81
    Hansjerg Maier-Aichen, ed., New Talents: State of the Arts, Stuttgart, 2009, illustrated p. 70

  • Catalogue Essay

    “Mars and Venus United by Love," a painting by Paolo Veronese from the 1570s, tells the story of cupid joining the goddess of love and the god of war by tying their legs together. In a similarly literal act, Boym uses a reproduction found canvas as the material for this piece, joining the fields of art and design to challenge the division between which has grown steadily in the centuries following the Renaissance.

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Constantin Boym

Unique "Venus and Mars" chair and mirror, from "The Ultimate Art Furniture" series

2006
Oil on canvas, maple, mirrored glass.
Chair: 39 x 21 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (99.1 x 53.7 x 54.6 cm)
Mirror: 46 5/8 x 31 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (118.4 x 79.7 x 3.5 cm)
Reverse of each signed in marker with Constantin Boym 06.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

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Meaghan Roddy
Head of Sale
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Design

New York 11 June 2013 11am