frank-gehry-canada-b-1929-i-powerplay-i-armchair
Lot 4041
Frank Gehry (Canada, b.1929), Powerplay Armchair
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Knoll, 1994 date, white maple bentwood, marked to underside; together with part of the original cardboard packaging.

32.5 x 32 x 28 in.

Private Collection of Modern Art and Design, North Carolina

Inspired by the surprising strength of the apple crates he played on as a child, Frank Gehry created his thoroughly original collection of bentwood furniture. The ribbon-like designs transcend the conventions of style by exploring, as the great modernists did, the essential challenge of deriving form from function. - Knoll

Some seams re-glued.