A giant bookcase / shelf system, designed by Wolfgang Laubersheimer* in 1988,
custom-made in 1992, monumental steel construction consisting of altogether seven elements differing in height and width (2 x 36.6 cm width and 240 cm height; 5 x 70.6 cm width, heights between 250 cm and 296 cm), variably combinable, individually adjustable shelves. (MHA)
This shelf system was custom-made by Wolfang Laubersheimer for its previous owner in 1992, based on a design from 1988, Wolfgang Laubersheimer’s so-called ‘Patent Shelf System’, only few examples of which were actually manufactured. In 1989 it won a first prize in the DESIGN PLUS competition at the Ambiente trade fair in Frankfurt.
The Patent Shelf System is Reproduced in:
Gruppe Pentagon, Prodomo, Vienna, 17 May – 8 June 1991, exhibition catalogue, 12, Vienna 1991, ill. p. 12.
In 1985, Wolfgang Laubersheimer was among the co-founders of the Pentagon Group.
Lit.:
Gruppe Pentagon. Wilder Aktionismus. Überleben in der Fremde, Die Klassiker Edition, cat. no. 12
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
06.06.2018 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 12,000.- to EUR 20,000.-
A giant bookcase / shelf system, designed by Wolfgang Laubersheimer* in 1988,
custom-made in 1992, monumental steel construction consisting of altogether seven elements differing in height and width (2 x 36.6 cm width and 240 cm height; 5 x 70.6 cm width, heights between 250 cm and 296 cm), variably combinable, individually adjustable shelves. (MHA)
This shelf system was custom-made by Wolfang Laubersheimer for its previous owner in 1992, based on a design from 1988, Wolfgang Laubersheimer’s so-called ‘Patent Shelf System’, only few examples of which were actually manufactured. In 1989 it won a first prize in the DESIGN PLUS competition at the Ambiente trade fair in Frankfurt.
The Patent Shelf System is Reproduced in:
Gruppe Pentagon, Prodomo, Vienna, 17 May – 8 June 1991, exhibition catalogue, 12, Vienna 1991, ill. p. 12.
In 1985, Wolfgang Laubersheimer was among the co-founders of the Pentagon Group.
Lit.:
Gruppe Pentagon. Wilder Aktionismus. Überleben in der Fremde, Die Klassiker Edition, cat. no. 12
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.06.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 26.05. - 06.06.2018 |