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a white and red chair with a red seat on ita white object that is sitting on a white surface
Crait + Müller

207 - GHYCZY Peter (born 1940) & GHYCZY SELECTION (Published by)
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Estimate €100 - €200
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Description
GHYCZY Peter (born 1940) & GHYCZY SELECTION (Published by) Armchair known as the ‘Garden Egg’ or ‘Senftenberg Egg’, with an ovoid-shaped shell made of solid polyurethane foam lacquered white, opening via a hinged lid that forms the backrest. Foam padding covered in red wool fabric (with chips and scratches in the lacquer). Model designed in 1968 (recent edition). Height 98 cm (backrest raised) – Width 84 cm – Depth 74 cm - History: Peter Ghyczy designed this chair in 1968 at the design office of Elastogran, a BASF subsidiary specialising in polyurethane; the shell was intended to demonstrate the possibilities of one-piece foam moulding. The licence was transferred to the German Democratic Republic, where VEB Synthesewerk Schwarzheide, near Senftenberg, manufactured it from 1971 onwards, hence its nickname the ‘Senftenberg egg’. Production lasted only three years, as the process of lacquering the shell was never successfully mastered. A 1971 example is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (inv. W.8-2007).
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About the sale TAKE A SEAT! A selection from the Werner Löffler collection
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Auction time 10/27/2026 at 1:30 PM
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