Palm Beach Modern Auctions
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Modern Art & Design

Sat, May 25, 2019 12:00PM EDT
Lot 429

Paolo Navone "Gadames" Chest/Cabinet

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $25,000
Chest has eight drawers. Provenance: R 20th Century, New York, New York | Collection, Boca Raton, Florida | Palm Beach Modern Auctions, 2.20.2016, lot 209. Reference (shown in situ, Nanda Vigo's home): Domus - IX 1980-1984, pg. 260. Paolo Navone worked with Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass Jr. and Andrea Branzi in the Alchimia group developing innovative post modern designs.
Designer & Manufacturer: Paolo Navone; Alchimia
Markings: no marking(s) apparent
Country of Origin & Materials: Italy; mirrored glass, wood, mica
Dimensions(H,W,D): 60"h, 29.5"h, 23.5"d

Condition

good/average, small chip to upper corner, fairly tight crack to one side of cabinet, two legs with chips/missing mica, two areas where the mica is lifting due to apparent water damage, some loss of silvering to edges of mirrors, small chips to some drawer edges, wear consistent with age and moderate use