Important Design 
13 December 2012
Important Design 
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Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton

pair of Chicago Chairs from Untitled No. 2, Chicago

Tesko
USA, 1987
mirrored stainless steel, brass, Edelman silky metallic golden bronze leather 29½ h × 33¼ w × 37 d in (75 × 84 × 94 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
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Only eleven examples of the Chicago Chair were produced; the form was created in a Chicago studio and utilized by Krueck & Sexton in only three commissions.
provenance: Residence, Untitled No. 2, Chicago | Wright, Modernist 20th Century, 22 May 2005, Lot 379 | Private collection, New York
literature: Krueck & Sexton: Work in Progress, Schulze, ppg. 79-89 A+U, May 1994, Nakamura, ppg. 110-117, 132-133 GA Houses 24, Futagawa, ppg. 74-81 Progressive Architecture, December 1987, Dixon, ppg. 74-81 Inland Architect, May/June 1988, Walsh, ppg. 46-48 New York Times, July 25, 1988, Giovanni, pg. 19

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Krueck & Sexton

From Untitled No. 2, a Chicago Interior

Ronald Krueck and Mark Sexton have practiced architecture in the city of Chicago for over thirty years. Internationally recognized, Krueck & Sexton Architects reexamines the modern canon and opens it to what architectural historian, Franz Schulze, calls "a variety of avenues hitherto unimagined."


Untitled No. 2, Chicago. Photo courtesy of Krueck & Sexton.

Created for a private residence, Untitled No. 2, the Chicago Chairs seemed to grow organically from a space defined by colorful planes and masses which respond to one another at every intersection. The apartment is reminiscent of the layered complexity of a Kurt Schwitters painting. The Chicago Chairs reflect the sophisticated urban environment, their sculptural metal folds designed to mirror the dynamic interdependencies of surface and shape. Despite their industrial sensibility, the Chicago Chairs were meticulously crafted by hand.


Mark Sexton and Ronald Krueck. Photo courtesy of Krueck & Sexton.

The fluid qualities of the stainless-steel and the precision of the machined metal plates contrast with the sensual forms of the plush upholstery. The Chicago Chair’s reflections dissolve into themselves, dematerializing, as the stainless-steel arms unfold seductively to invite one to rest upon the yielding fabric.

—Krueck & Sexton: Work in Progress

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