$25,000
Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen
Important and rare table for the Organic Design Competition
Red Lion Furniture Company USA, 1940 molded Honduran mahogany plywood, mahogany 39½ w x 34¾ d x 17¼ h in (100 x 88 x 44 cm)
result: $25,000
provenance: Private collection, Canada | Rago, March 2002, Lot 255 | Private collection, Los Angeles
exhibited: Organic Design , 1941, Museum of Modern Art, New York
literature: Organic Design in Home Furnishings , Noyes, pg.
30 Charles Eames: Furniture from the Design Collection , Drexler, ppg. 4, 11 The Story of Eames Furniture: The Early Years, Book 1 , Neuhart, ppg. 250-289 discuss the Organic Design Competition Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman , Lutz, pg. 86
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2015-05-19
