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"Modern and Contemporary Design Auctions in New York City\nAD previews highlights from the upcoming sales at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips de Pury in New York\nSotheby's, Important 20th Century Design (June 13)\n\n Lot 80\n\n Gerrit Thomas Rietveld\n\n Aluminum chair, circa 1960\u201362\n\n Made from a single sheet of aluminum, this chair is one of only three that were produced, based on an earlier prototype by Rietveld.\n\n Estimate: $100,000\u2013$150,000\nChristie's, Important 20th Century Decorative Art &amp;amp; Design (June 14)\n\n Lot 176\n\n Charles and Ray Eames\n\n Plywood sculpture, 1943\n\n The designers created this unique three-foot-tall biomorphic form using multiple pieces of walnut-faced plywood laminate.\n\n Estimate: $400,000\u2013$600,000\nSotheby's, Important 20th Century Design (June 13)\n\n Lot 107\n\n George Nakashima\n\n Conoid bench, circa 1974\n\n This black walnut\u2013and-hickory bench is one of more than 200 pieces Nakashima created for the Japanese House at the Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller Residence in Pocantico Hills, New York, the designer's largest-ever commission.\n\n Estimate: $150,000\u2013$200,000\nPhillips de Pury &amp;amp; Co., Design (June 15)\n\n Lot 25\n\n \u00C9mile-Jacques Ruhlmann\n\n Redhead dressing table and Tivo side chair, 1925\n\n These two pieces, in amboyna-veneered wood, were produced for the Paris residence of Lord Rothemere, specifically for his daughter-in-law Margaret Hunam Harmsworth, nicknamed Miss Redhead.\n\n Estimate: $200,000\u2013$300,000\nChristie's, Important 20th Century Decorative Art &amp;amp; Design (June 14)\n\n Lot 158\n\n Armand Albert Rateau\n\n Andirons, circa 1929\n\n A pair of elegant andirons, featuring green-lacquer bronze cats, with handstamped surfaces and wrought-iron rails embellished with bronze palmettes.\n\n Estimate: $120,000\u2013$180,000\nPhillips de Pury &amp;amp; Co., Design (June 15)\n\n Lot 66\n\n Fran\u00E7ois-Xavier Lalanne\n\n Set of four sheep, 1996\u201399\n\n A quartet of the late artist-designer's coveted sheep sculptures, in epoxy stone and bronze.\n\n Estimate: $350,000\u2013$500,000\nSotheby's, Important 20th Century Design (June 13)\n\n Lot 131\n\n Shigeru Ban\n\n Artek Pavilion, 2007\n\n Ban designed the pavilion\u2014which is made of a wood-plastic composite, steel, and clear polypropylene, with a plywood foundation and platform\u2014in collaboration with the furniture company Artek. This is its second appearance at auction (with significantly lower expectations), having previously sold at Sotheby's in 2008 for $602,500 against an estimate of $800,000\u2013$1.2 million.\n\n Estimate: $100,000\u2013$150,000\nPhillips de Pury &amp;amp; Co., Design (June 15)\n\n Lot 86\n\n Poul Henningsen\n\n Monumental double-spiral wall light, 1955\n\n Henningsen created this light\u2014composed of aluminum, painted aluminum, and brass and measuring six-and-a-half feet across\u2014for the Scala Cinema and Concert Hall at the rhus Theater in rhus, Denmark.\n\n Estimate: $180,000\u2014$250,000\nChristie's, Important 20th Century Decorative Art &amp;amp; Design (June 14)\n\n Lot 223\n\n Frank Gehry\n\n Fish lamp, 1984\n\n Made of Formica and glass on a painted plywood base, this is one of the earliest versions of the nearly three dozen fish lamps designed by Gehry and produced by New City Editions.\n\n Estimate: $100,000\u2013$150,000\nSotheby's, Important 20th Century Design (June 13)\n\n Lot 57\n\n Kem Weber\n\n Candelabra, circa 1928\n\n A pair of rare, boldly sculptural pewter-and-ebony candelabra, made by the German-born designer known for his streamlined aesthetic.\n\n Estimate: $40,000\u2013$60,000\nPhillips de Pury &amp;amp; Co., Design (June 15)\n\n Lot 70\n\n Ken Price\n\n Steeps, 2004\n\n This is one of the signature painted-ceramic sculptures by the late artist, whose work is the subject of a retrospective opening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in September.\n\n Estimate: $60,000\u2013$90,000"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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