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Description:
Philippe Starck (French, b. 1949) and Cildo Meireles (Brazilian, b. 1948)
Lord Yo Armchair with Decorated Slipcover
Signed and dated "To ICA Boston/Cildo Meireles/April 97" inside right edge of the slipcover.
Polypropylene, fabric, aluminum, and charcoal, 35 x 24 x 24 in. (89.0 x 61.0 x 61.0 cm).
Condition: Discoloration to fabric slipcover.
N.B. Purchased at a benefit for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Description: Italy 1990s molded in pale green with curved back sweeping to narrow arms, openings at sides of seat, aluminum frame with round anodized aluminum legs, molded label, Lord Yo by Starck Aleph [original makers of this chair], fabric slipcover decorated with allover pattern of black charcoal lines. Slip cover with a tag on the seam reading "Lord Yo" and "ALEPH."
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