Live Auction 799420th Century Decorative Art & Design
PETER SHIRE (B. 1947)
Lot 107

PETER SHIRE (B. 1947)

BIG SUR SETTEE, DESIGNED 1986

Closed25 October 2011

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GBP 4,375

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PETER SHIRE (B. 1947)
BIG SUR SETTEE, DESIGNED 1986
produced by Memphis, lacquered wood, upholstery
31 7/8 in. (91 cm.) high; 82¾ in. (210 cm.) wide; 27½ in. (70 cm.) deep (3)

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Embracing a deliberately Postmodernist ethos, Shire's 'Big Sur' summons the rudimentary motifs of geometry - the circle, the square and the rectangle - to be realigned as a composition that consciously disturbs any suggestion of order.