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International Design
One of the highlights of International Design to be auctioned on 3 March is the armchair designed by Eckhard Muthesius in 1931 for the library of the Maharajah of Indore, which was re-edited in a limited edition by Vereinigte Werkstätten in 1989. The armchair is not only an eye-catcher with its red leather upholstery, but also functionally well thought-out with the milk glass lamps embedded in the headrest on both sides (estimate ?10,000 - 14,000).
Inspired by a classic of modern art history is the 'Mondrian' cabinet by Koni Ochsner. The Swiss designer created the piece of furniture in 1976 for Röthlisberger, who reintroduced the cabinet into their programme in the 1980s in two re-editions of twenty numbered pieces each (estimate ?4,000 - 6,000). Among the lighting on offer is Christian Dell's 'Rondella-Polo' desk light from 1929 (estimate ?3,200 - 4,000). It was created in Frankfurt as the designer had decided not to move with the Bauhaus from Weimar to Dessau.
In 1989, the world-renowned designer Andrée Putman furnished the entire interior of the five-star hotel 'Wasserturm', which was housed in an old water reservoir owned by the city of Cologne. When the hotel closed its doors in November 2020, most of the furniture was disposed of, only a few objects could be salvaged. Some of them are now being auctioned at Quittenbaum; mirrors, wall and floor lamps, dressing tables and armchairs as well as small objects can be bought at moderate prices between ?200 and 1,800. The name Axel Salto stands for Danish ceramics in a class of its own; two particularly beautiful examples of his rare, expressive ceramic vases (models 20810 and 20817) from 1946/47 will come up for auction on 3 March at estimated prices of ?30,000 - 38,000 each.
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