The Boyd Collection – III. Life of Design 
8 November 2018
The Boyd Collection – III. Life of Design 
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Serge Chermayeff

radio, model AC74

E.K. Cole Ltd.
USA, 1933
Bakelite, printed paper 17¼ h × 17½ w × 10¼ d in (44 × 44 × 26 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $3,250
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Signed with stamped manufacturer's mark to reverse: [Ekco All Electric Radio Type AC-74 Superhet E.K. Cole Ltd. Ekco Works Southend-On Sea, England]. Signed with applied distributor's label to reverse: [Russel&Russel, Ltd. Piano and Gramaphone Dealers, Leeds].
provenance: Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd
exhibited: Sitting on the Edge: The Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, 20 November 1998 - 23 February 1999, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
literature: Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, Antonelli, Betsky, Boyd and Garner, pl. 37 illustrates this example British Design, Image & Identity, Huygen, pg. 20

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