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Philippe Starck THE 'DR. SONDERBAR' CHAIR,
Lot 32
Price Realised: €420
Estimate: €400 - €600
THE 'DR. SONDERBAR' CHAIR, BY PHILIPPE STARCK FOR XO, FRANCE, nickel plated metal and bearing the makers stamp 90cm (w) x 63cm (h) x 50cm (d). Provenance: Purchased from O'Hagan Design, Dublin, by the present owner. Born in 1949 Philippe Starck is ... Read more
Lot 32 - THE 'DR. SONDERBAR' CHAIR, by Philippe Starck Lot 32 Philippe Starck THE 'DR. SONDERBAR' CHAIR,
Estimate: €400 - €600
THE 'DR. SONDERBAR' CHAIR, BY PHILIPPE STARCK FOR XO, FRANCE, nickel plated metal and bearing the makers stamp 90cm (w) x 63cm (h) x 50cm (d).

Provenance: Purchased from O'Hagan Design, Dublin, by the present owner.

Born in 1949 Philippe Starck is one In 1983, Starck's international design celebrity began to build when French president François Mitterrand invited him to renovate the private apartments of the Elysee Palace. Not long after, Starck began to receive regular commissions for restaurant and hotel interiors including Cafe Costes in Paris.

Starck's work can be found in most European and American museums, including the Musee National d'Art Moderne and Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, MoMA and the Brooklyn Museum in New York, Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, and Design Museum London. The Pompidou Centre hosted a Starck retrospective in 2003.
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