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Auction archive: Lot number 396

Eight Charles and Ray Eames Designed Children's ToysEight Charles and Ray Eames Designed Children's Toys

Auction 07.12.2013
7 Dec 2013
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$600
Auction archive: Lot number 396

Eight Charles and Ray Eames Designed Children's ToysEight Charles and Ray Eames Designed Children's Toys

Auction 07.12.2013
7 Dec 2013
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$600
Beschreibung:

Eight Charles and Ray Eames Designed Children's Toys Manufactured by Otto Meir Verlag Ravensburger, Tigrett, and Eames Office in conjunction with MoMA, c. 1952 to 1992 Including The Coloring Toy; a Computer House of Cards; a House of Cards picture deck; a double deck of House of Cards with German packaging and instructions; a deck of medium House of Cards with German packaging and instructions; a deck of medium House of Cards; thirty-eight large House of Cards cards; and a partial Little Toy Kit; some overall use wear, mainly to packaging, see detailed condition report in online listing. Provenance: From the Estate of Jill Mitchell (Virginia Mills), a student at Cranbrook in the 1940s, where she won awards for her work in woven and printed textile design. During her time there she became a lifelong friend of Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen later working for both.

Auction archive: Lot number 396
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Eight Charles and Ray Eames Designed Children's Toys Manufactured by Otto Meir Verlag Ravensburger, Tigrett, and Eames Office in conjunction with MoMA, c. 1952 to 1992 Including The Coloring Toy; a Computer House of Cards; a House of Cards picture deck; a double deck of House of Cards with German packaging and instructions; a deck of medium House of Cards with German packaging and instructions; a deck of medium House of Cards; thirty-eight large House of Cards cards; and a partial Little Toy Kit; some overall use wear, mainly to packaging, see detailed condition report in online listing. Provenance: From the Estate of Jill Mitchell (Virginia Mills), a student at Cranbrook in the 1940s, where she won awards for her work in woven and printed textile design. During her time there she became a lifelong friend of Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen later working for both.

Auction archive: Lot number 396
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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