Martin Szekely 'M.L.' table with black top 2002 Steel, lacquered aluminium. 73.7 cm (29 in.) high, 199.1 cm (78 3/8 in.) diameter Number 6 from the edition of 8 plus 2 artist’s proofs and 2 prototypes. Underside inscribed in marker Martin Szekely/2002/ 6/8.
Provenance Galerie kreo, Paris Literature Claire Fayolle, Alison M. Gingeras, and Christian Schlatter, Martin Szekely Paris, 2003, pp. 44-45, 59 Élisabeth Lebovici, Clément Dirié and Martin Szekely eds., Martin Szekely Zurich, 2010, pp. 93-95 Françoise Guichon, Philippe-Alain Michaud, Martin Szekely Martin Szekely Ne plus dessiner, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2011, p. 13 Catalogue Essay Phillips wishes to thank Aurélie Julien for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot. Paris-based industrial designer Martin Szekely is recognised for the diversity of his designs. The use of reflective materials in the present lot creates an interaction between the volume of the table and its surrounding space. As Élisabeth Lebovici wrote "It is a challenge to find a term for the M.L. table …that can describe these fully reflective entities as cohesively as they reflect the disparity of the world around them." Read More
Martin Szekely 'M.L.' table with black top 2002 Steel, lacquered aluminium. 73.7 cm (29 in.) high, 199.1 cm (78 3/8 in.) diameter Number 6 from the edition of 8 plus 2 artist’s proofs and 2 prototypes. Underside inscribed in marker Martin Szekely/2002/ 6/8.
Provenance Galerie kreo, Paris Literature Claire Fayolle, Alison M. Gingeras, and Christian Schlatter, Martin Szekely Paris, 2003, pp. 44-45, 59 Élisabeth Lebovici, Clément Dirié and Martin Szekely eds., Martin Szekely Zurich, 2010, pp. 93-95 Françoise Guichon, Philippe-Alain Michaud, Martin Szekely Martin Szekely Ne plus dessiner, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2011, p. 13 Catalogue Essay Phillips wishes to thank Aurélie Julien for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot. Paris-based industrial designer Martin Szekely is recognised for the diversity of his designs. The use of reflective materials in the present lot creates an interaction between the volume of the table and its surrounding space. As Élisabeth Lebovici wrote "It is a challenge to find a term for the M.L. table …that can describe these fully reflective entities as cohesively as they reflect the disparity of the world around them." Read More
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