311: RICHARD SCHULTZ, 1966 coffee table < American Design, 21 February 2019 < Auctions

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21 February 2019

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Richard Schultz
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1966 coffee table

Knoll International
USA, 1966
enameled aluminum, enameled steel 15½ h × 48 w × 24 d in (39 × 122 × 61 cm)

estimate: $200–300

result: $188

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provenance: Collection of Charles and Maud Pollock
literature: Knoll: A Modernist Universe, Lutz, pg. 164 Decorative Art 60s, Fiell and Fiell, pg. 287

“Why Can't We Make a
Chair that Works?”

Regarded as the first modernist outdoor furniture, Schultz created The Leisure Collection at the direct request of Florence Knoll. After marrying and moving to Florida in 1958, she struggled to find outdoor furniture that held up to the humidity and salty air. Schultz recounts that he “started getting envelopes from her with rusty [Bertoia] bolts or corroded parts and a note saying ‘Why can’t we make a chair that works?’” The collection launched in March 1966 after four years spent producing both an innovative weather-resistant and truly modern form.

Image reproduced from *Knoll: A Modernist Universe* by Lutz (2010)

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Richard Schultz
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1966 coffee table

1966 coffee table

“Why Can't We Make a
Chair that Works?”

Richard Schultz follow artist

1966 coffee table

1966 coffee table

“Why Can't We Make aChair that Works?”

Richard Schultz
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“Why Can't We Make a
Chair that Works?”