Design 
23 October 2014
Design 
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Donald Knorr

chair, model 132 U

Knoll Associates
USA, 1948
enameled steel 28¾ h × 22¼ w × 21 d in (73 × 57 × 53 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $1,875
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This design won first prize at the 1948 International Competition for Low Cost Furniture by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
provenance: Collection of Robert Swope and Michel Hurst
literature: Prize Designs for Modern Furniture, Kaufmann, pg. 13 What Modern Was: Design 1935-1965, Eidelberg, ppg. 62-63 Objects of Design from the Museum of Modern Art, Antonelli, pg. 196

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