Marc Newson

produced by Basecraft for Pod, Australia, fibreglass-reinforced polyester resin core, blind-riveted sheet aluminium, painted polyester resin
impressed 'BASECRAFT SYDNEY'
34 ¾ x 66 x 25 in. (88.5 x 168 x 63.5 cm.)
Designed 1985-1988, this example was executed before 1993. This work is number seven from the edition of ten, plus four artist’s proofs (black feet) and one prototype (white feet).
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, February 1993, signed and dated by the artist.
The present lot will be included as 'MN – 14LLB – 1988' in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of limited editions by Marc Newson being prepared by Didier Krzentowski of Galerie kreo, Paris.
The initial prototype version, LC-1, is in the collection of The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Other examples of the Lockheed Lounge are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia, Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in February 1993). | Double Vision, Christie's London, 14 October 2007, lot 10. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.