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Vladimir Kagan (b. 1927)
Lot 121

Vladimir Kagan (b. 1927)

A WOOD UPHOLSTERED 'NO 150 BC' SOFA, CIRCA 1952

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Vladimir Kagan (b. 1927)
A Wood Upholstered 'no 150 BC' Sofa, circa 1952
upholstered in Vladimir Kagan wool fabric 'Barvos', hand-loomed in Ireland
25½ in. (64.8 cm.) high, 133 in. (337.8 cm.) wide, 91 in. (231.2 cm.) deep

Mr. & Mrs. Reiser, Lincoln, MA
Vladimir Kagan, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981

Note du spécialiste

cf. V. Kagan, Vladimir Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design, New York 2004, pp. 69-70, 97, 120, 207 for variations on this sofa

Vladimir Kagan created this sofa for Mr. & Mrs. Reiser, a Dutch couple, who lived in a house designed by Walter Gropius in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Kagan later bought the sofa back and reupholstered it with his fabric 'Barvos'.