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the desk is made of teak and has two drawersan image of a desk with two drawers and a drawer underneath itan image of a small table with a wooden top and legsa close up of a wooden cabinet with a draweran image of a close up of a drawer in a wooden cabineta close up of a wooden table with a clock on ita close up of a wooden dresser with a lock on ita close up of a wooden door with a keyhole
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Estimate €2,500 - €3,000
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Marcel Breuer Canaan Desk with drawers and filing cabinet Rosewood Gavina Spa edition 1962 H76 W146 D60 cm Signs of wear consistent with its age and use Dino Gavina was visiting Breuer’s country house in New Canaan. There, he discovered this masterpiece and decided to produce it under the name ‘Canaan’. Bibliography: Brera Academy of Fine Arts, ‘Dino Gavina: Ultrarazionale Ultramobile’, Editrice Compositori, Milan 1998, pp. 172, 173 Fondazione Scientifica Querini Stampalia, ‘Dino Gavina: An Emblematic Collection of Modernism from 1950 to 1992’, Jaca Books, Milan 1992, p. 55 Virgilio Vercelloni, ‘The Adventure of Design: Gavina’, Jaca Books, Milan 1987, p. 30 In the early 1960s, the Bolognese publisher Dino Gavina met Marcel Breuer and set about reissuing his Bauhaus furniture, giving them the names by which they are now famous. During a visit to the architect’s home in New Canaan, Connecticut, Gavina discovered this desk and decided to produce it under the name ‘Canaan’. The design, understated and functional, combines a desktop, drawers and a filing cabinet in a composition of great clarity. The model features in the main publications devoted to Gavina, including *Dino Gavina Ultrarazionale Ultramobile* (Brera, 1998) and *L’avventura del design: Gavina* by Virgilio Vercelloni (1987).
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Auction time 10/25/2026 at 2:30 PM
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