323: EERO SAARINEN, occasional table, model 161M < American Design, 16 February 2017 < Auctions

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Eero Saarinen
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occasional table, model 161M

Knoll Associates
USA, 1957
marble, enameled metal 20½ h × 22½ w × 15 d in (52 × 57 × 38 cm)

estimate: $800–1,200

result: $1,188

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Signed with decal manufacturer's label to underside: [Knoll Associates Inc.].
provenance: Estate of Ardelle and Arthur Smilowitz
literature: Knoll Furniture: 1938-1960, Rouland and Rouland, ppg. 121, 123

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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