1275: EERO SAARINEN, swivel Tulip armchairs model 150, set of four < Unreserved Day 1, 20 August 2020 < Auctions

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Eero Saarinen
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swivel Tulip armchairs model 150, set of four

Knoll Associates/Knoll International
USA, 1956 / c. 1965
molded fiberglass, enameled aluminum, upholstery 32½ h × 25½ w × 24 d in (83 × 65 × 61 cm)

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,560

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Upholstery manufacturer's label to seat of one example 'Made by H.G. Knoll Products, Inc. East Greenville, PA.', and decal manufacturer's label to seat of a second example 'Knoll Associates, Inc. 320 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022'.
provenance: Container Corporation of America Eastern Regional Headquarters, Phoenixville, PA | Private Collection
literature: Knoll Furniture: 1938-1960, Rouland and Rouland, pg. 63

I wanted to clear up the slum of legs … I wanted to make the chair all one thing again.

Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen 1910–1961

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Born in 1910, Eero Saarinen was surrounded by design his entire life; his father, Eliel Saarinen was an architect and director of the Cranbrook Academy of art and his mother, Loja Saarinen, was an acclaimed textile artist. In 1929, Saarinen traveled to Paris to study sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière before enrolling in the Yale architecture program. He returned to Cranbrook in 1934 where he met fellow designer and friend, Charles Eames. In 1947, Saarinen won a competition to design a monument for Thomas Jefferson in St. Louis. His Gateway Arch would mark one of the many triumphs of his short but incredibly productive career.

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