ball seat object, 1969 – Danilo Silvestrin

Lot: 341

Danilo Silvestrin
ball seat object, 1969

H. 80 cm, Ø 90 cm, width when open: 180 cm.
Gunther Lambert, Dusseldorf.
Acrylic glass, silver-colored vinyl cover, cast metal, chrome-plated. Two acrylic hemispheres that can be closed to form a sphere using a hinge.

Danilo Silvestrin designed this icon of 1960s space design for his friend, the Düsseldorf photographer Lothar Wolleh. He furnished Wolleh's apartment, which also served as a gallery for the works of his artist friends, with a variety of futuristic, transparent furniture. According to the consignor, the example offered here is the exhibition example from the Cologne Furniture Fair. Provenance: Originally private property of the Lambert company's sales representative, then private property in southern Germany.

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Estimate: 15,000 € - 20,000 €

177A - Design
25. March 2025 at 3:00 PM CET

Literature:

Exh. cat. Vergangene Zukunft. Design zwischen Utopie und Wissenschaft, Vienna 2001, p. 33ff, fig. 3 and 5.

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Danilo Silvestrin
ball seat object, 1969