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Ron Arad

(Israel, Born 1951)
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
13 300 - 17 800 EUR
13 800 - 18 300 USD
Hammer price
240 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Eva Seeman
Stockholm
Eva Seeman
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Ron Arad
(Israel, Born 1951)

a "2 R NOT" chair, 1992, no 6 in an edition of 20.

Patinated and polished steel, signed Ron Arad 6/20. Height 76,5 cm, 61 x 61 cm.

Minor wear and scratches.

Saleroom notice

Droite de suite is applied to this lot.

Provenance

Acquired in connection with the exhibition: The Work of Ron Arad. Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland in 1995.

More information

RON ARAD, born in Tel-Aviv in 1952 and based in London as a designer and architect. Arad is one of today's most distinguished designers. During his career, he has always made his own way and created his unique character through experiments with materials and innovative manufacturing techniques. As a professor of "Design Products" at the Royal Academy in London, he played a significant role in which he influenced a new generation of designers and artists.
Arad has designed products for a number of the major companies in the design industry, but he also makes unique and limited studio objects.
The auction's object belongs to the exclusive studio objects that have been produced in a small edition. The chair so well illustrates the creative mind of Arad, the way he uses new methods to an extreme design that pushes the material to its utmost.