EG-SAFARI CHAIR

Safari” armchair designed and owned by Eileen Gray. It has cylindrical base and grey painted wood structure. Armrests, seat and tilting back are made in leather. Piece is authentic and made around 1932.

Price

on request

Dimensions:

77 x 60 x 60 cm
30.25 x 23.50 x 23.50 in

Material:

Painted wood, leather

Provenance:

Sale collection Eileen Gray, Monaco May 1980; private collection; auction 2023.

Literature:

Peter Adam Eileen Gray architect/designer revised edition, Harry N. Abrams Inc, 2000 pp 124-125, Peter Adam Eileen Gray Leben und Werk by Peter Adam, Schirmer/Mosel edition, 2009 page 287; Similar model reproduced in color in Eileen Gray Leben und Werk by Peter Adam, Schirmer/Mosel edition, 2009 p 287; Lot presented and reproduced in the catalog of the sale Sotheby’s Parke Bernet Monaco S.A. Collection Eileen Gray furniture, objects and projects of its creation 25 May 1980 Sporting d’Hiver, Monte Carlo under the number 260.

Exhibitions:

Eileen Gray, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, February-May 2013; Eileen Gray, Irish museum of Modern Art, Dublin, October 2013 to January 2014.