ID 779048
Lot 108 | ROBERT WILSON (B. 1941)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
Set of three Prototype 'Amadeus' Chairs, for 'The Magic Flute', designed 1991
produced by Gilbert Kadyszewski, Paris
iron
(largest) 87 x 25 x 15 in. (221 x 63.5 x 38.1 cm)
number 2 of 3 prototypes
Provenance
Betty Freeman, acquired directly from the artist, 1997
Property from the Collection of Betty Freeman, Christie's, New York, 22 July 2010, lot 106
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Robert Wilson: Mr. Bojangles’ memory: og son of fire, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1991, n.p.
F. Quadri, F. Bertoni, R. Stearns, Robert Wilson, New York, 1998, p. 219
M. Moldoveanu, Composition, Lumière et Couleur dans le théâtre de Robert Wilson: l’expérience comme mode de pensée, Paris, 2001, p. 104
Post lot text
Christie's would like to thank Noah Khoshbin, Curator at Watermill Center, New York, for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
| Artist: | Robert Wilson (1941) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Steel |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Artist: | Robert Wilson (1941) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Steel |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
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