Design 
25 March 2021
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Tejo Remy and René Veenhuizen

Reef Bench maquettes #1 and #2

The Netherlands, c. 2009
ash 4¾ h × 24¾ w × 14½ d in (12 × 63 × 37 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $1,560
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Additional example measures: 4.5 h x 20.25 w x 12 d inches
Each maquette is comprised of three sections. The realized benches were installed on the roof top of the Picasso Lyceum secondary school in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.
provenance: Acquired directly from the artists through Industry Gallery, Washington, D.C. | Important New York Collection

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Freedom of Form

Reef Bench Maquettes by Tejo Remy and René Veenhuizen

The realized benches installed at the Picasso Lyceum secondary school in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands. Image: Tejo Remy and René Veenhuizen

Design duo Tejo Remy and René Veenhuizen credit their experimentation with spatial models and maquettes such as the present lot with creating these rolling, dune-like benches without the use of a computer. Veenhuizen describes their model-making process as keeping a “freedom of form” allowing them to build organic, free-flowing designs that are also structurally sound. The realized Reef benches were installed on the roof top of the Picasso Lyceum secondary school in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.

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