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There's more to art than meets the eye. Here is a selection of lots from past Saturday@Phillips sales. See what the experts say and then add your own pop-up knowledge or comments. Move your cursor over the image to reveal pop-up information. saturday@phillips.com
- Art expert:
The first Embryo Chair was covered in wetsuit fabric in homage to Australia's national sport surfing.
- Art expert:
Panton has been described as "having both feet planted firmly in outer space".
- Art expert:
Salle combines collage, painting and photographs to create a world of juxtaposing images.
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- Art expert:
Aquatint is a process of etching that allows for areas of tone, like a wash, to be rendered on the printing plate.
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Salle was born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1952.
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The Canfield Hatfield series was a collection of nine etchings and aquatints done from 198890 by the artist and exhibited at Waddington Galleries, London.
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Canfield Hatfield, 1989
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Panton's dog was named "Happy".
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A man named Percy Halling-Koch a.k.a. "Bum" was an integral part of the marketing and development of Panton's career.
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The manufacturer, Louis Poulsen, created the first lighting that completely hid the bulb
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Embryo Chair, designed in 1988.
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He loves air and space travel and eventually was commissioned a dream project, to design a plane.
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Newson grew up in Australia where he watched futuristic movies such as Dr Strangelove and Goldfinger.
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Lounge Chair, c.1969
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The 'Flower Pot' lamp was once described as the 'Volkswagen' of lighting because of its indelible burst of color in the landscape and in homage to Panton's early mobile drawing studio in his VW bus.
- Art expert:
Five Flower Pot Hanging Lamps, c.1971
- Collection
- Newson, Sabo, Panton, Salle
- October 31 2007
- $2342 to $3423
