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an image of a table made out of copper pipes on a marble floora man standing in a room with a wooden bench in front of a windowa close up of a copper pipe structure on a white surfacea small table made out of copper pipes on a white background
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81 - Carol Gay (born 1976)
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Estimate €900 - €2,000
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Carol Gay (born 1976) Cobre Table Copper and brass Limited edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs Date of creation: 2011 H45 W50 D30 cm The first COBRE table was designed in 2011 for a commission from the OZTEL design hostel in Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, the Firma Casa design gallery in São Paulo invited Carol Gay to take part in the exhibition ‘Parece Mas Não É’. For the occasion, the artist created the Copper Collection, comprising seven table designs and seven side-table designs. This collection is a limited edition of seven pieces, plus two artist’s proofs. The copper pipes and fittings, typically used in plumbing installations in Brazil, have been repurposed from their original function. The material’s nobility, colour and lustre have been highlighted and elevated to the status of a work of art. It was this desire to reveal and enhance this ordinary material that led her to create this collection. All the pieces are handmade. The copper is varnished to preserve its lustre. The first ‘Cobre’ table was created in 2011 as part of a commission for the Oztel design hostel in Rio de Janeiro. The following year, the Firma Casa gallery in São Paulo invited Carol Gay to take part in the exhibition ‘Parece Mas Não É’ (‘It looks like it, but it isn’t’): there, she developed a collection of seven tables and seven side tables. The concept is one of repurposing: copper pipes and fittings, usually hidden away in Brazilian plumbing systems, become a visible structure, elevated to the status of a noble material. Each piece is assembled by hand, and the varnished copper retains its lustre.
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About the sale Sculptural furniture and functional art
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Auction time 10/25/2026 at 2:30 PM
Lot description modified on 10/08/2026 at 5:26 PM
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