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Lina Bo Bardi

rare Bowl chair

Italy / Brazil, 1951
upholstery, enameled steel 17½ h × 33½ w × 31 d in (44 × 85 × 79 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $20,000
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provenance: Phillips, New York, Design, 13 December 2007, Lot 84 | Private collection
literature: Móvel Brasileiro Moderno, Vasconcellos and Brage, pg. 115 Domus, January 1954, pg. 51 Lina Bo Bardi, de A. Lima, pg. 58

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Lina Bo Bardi 1914–1992

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Lina Bo Bardi, the noted Italian-émigré architect, was born Achillina Bo in Rome in 1914. After studying architecture at the University of Rome in 1940, she moved to Milan and founded the firm “Studio Bo e Pagani” with fellow architect Carlo Pagini. That year her career took off after she began working in Gio Ponti’s office. Later, following her marriage to Pietro Maria Bardi, she moved her practice to São Paulo, Brazil where she became directly influenced by Brazilian culture and history. Here she co-founded the influential art magazine Habitat and designed the exceptional “Glass House” which was lauded as the pinnacle of rational architectural theory.

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estimate: $7,000–9,000

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