GAETANO PESCE (ITALIAN 1939-2024) ‡§
STUDY MODEL FOR EVOLUTION OF SANSONE TABLE, 1986
£10,080
Auction: MODERN MADE Part II | 01 November 2024 | Lots 80 to 444
Description
resin, steel and PVC, the top in the form of a face
Dimensions
40.5cm high, 181cm long, 98.5cm deep (16in high, 71 ¼in long, 38 ¾in deep)
Provenance
Collection of Sydney and Frances Lewis, Richmond, Virginia, whom acquired this table directly from Gaetano Pesce in 1986;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Footnote
Sydney and Francis Lewis founded Best Products Company in Richmond, Virginia in 1957. By 1982, their sales reached 1 billion with showrooms across the US. Due to the their success the Lewis’s patronised numerous causes in order to effect positive change, including support of the arts, which included allowing artist’s work to decorate the Best Company office and showrooms, and notable donations to the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
The Lewis’ bought the current table directly from the artist in 1986, and also owned a blood-red lacquer desk designed by Pesce – the kind of pieces that the artist would have termed ‘interactive sculpture’.