Preliminary drawing for the present unique floor lamps. Image courtesy: Mattia Bonetti. In the early 1990s, two European collectors enlisted the expertise of Jacques Grange, their long-time interior designer, David Gill, the pioneering gallerist of contemporary design, and Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti, two young emerging designers to create a fantastical interior completed in 1996. This early commission is wholly singular in its stylistic language with each work standing as a testament to the genius of the original project and a catalyst for their subsequent body of work which consistently weaves eccentricity with tasteful materials and a deference to historical influences allowing their works to be incorporated into any lifestyle.
Provenance
Private collection, commissioned directly from the designers, 1994-1996
Sotheby's, Paris, "Arts Décoratifs du XXe Siècle & Design," November 26, 2013, lot 208
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Property of an Important International Collector
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Pair of unique floor lamps
designed 1994, produced 1994-1996
Silvered wrought iron, terracotta.
Each: 87 in. (221 cm) high
Produced by David Gill, London, United Kingdom. Each plaster shade incised BG, two feet on each base stamped BG and David Gill/London.
Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $48,260
Benjamin Green
Associate Specialist
Associate Head of Sale
bgreen@phillips.com
+1 917 207 9090
Design
New York Auction 5 June 2024
