Null Tord Björklund (1939-2018) for IKEA years 1993
Pair of Sunne model armcha…

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Tord Björklund (1939-2018) for IKEA years 1993 Pair of Sunne model armchairs, with stained beech wood structure and seat made of braided jute strips. Measurements 78 x 75 x 52 cm During his distinguished career, Tord Bjorklund left his mark in the design industry, creating a wide range of products for international companies, ranging from electronics to furniture . His most emblematic collaboration was with Sony, the Japanese technology giant, for which he devised the renowned Sony TC-D5 Pro II sound system in 1982. This equipment not only won the Innovation Award from the Consumer Electronics Association, but it has also become an object of desire among collectors and audio enthusiasts worldwide. Beyond her contributions to commercial design, Bjorklund shared her wisdom as a professor of industrial design at Lund University, marking generations of students. As an active member of the Association of Swedish Designers, his design excellence was recognized with multiple awards, including the prestigious Industrial Design Prize awarded by the Swedish Foundation for the Promotion of Design in 1983. Although Tord Bjorklund left us in 2014, his influence endures. His vision and creativity continue to be a source of inspiration for designers around the world, perpetuating his status as an innovative and leading industrial designer.

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Tord Björklund (1939-2018) for IKEA years 1993 Pair of Sunne model armchairs, with stained beech wood structure and seat made of braided jute strips. Measurements 78 x 75 x 52 cm During his distinguished career, Tord Bjorklund left his mark in the design industry, creating a wide range of products for international companies, ranging from electronics to furniture . His most emblematic collaboration was with Sony, the Japanese technology giant, for which he devised the renowned Sony TC-D5 Pro II sound system in 1982. This equipment not only won the Innovation Award from the Consumer Electronics Association, but it has also become an object of desire among collectors and audio enthusiasts worldwide. Beyond her contributions to commercial design, Bjorklund shared her wisdom as a professor of industrial design at Lund University, marking generations of students. As an active member of the Association of Swedish Designers, his design excellence was recognized with multiple awards, including the prestigious Industrial Design Prize awarded by the Swedish Foundation for the Promotion of Design in 1983. Although Tord Bjorklund left us in 2014, his influence endures. His vision and creativity continue to be a source of inspiration for designers around the world, perpetuating his status as an innovative and leading industrial designer.

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ZAO WOU-KI (Beijing, 1921 - Nyon, Switzerland, 2013). "Zoo-4," 1986. Aquatint etching, copy H.C. 4/15. Signed and justified by hand. Measurements: 56 x 40.5 cm (print); 63 x 48 cm (paper); 86 x 70 cm (frame). Even in engravings, Zao Wou-Ki works with large masses of satin color that implode configuring germinal big bangs, sublime and primordial landscapes as in this occasion. Zao Wou Ki was born into a Franco-Chinese family and grew up in a very cultured environment, interested in the arts and sciences. He studied calligraphy in his childhood, an aspect that would influence his mature work, and later trained in painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Hangzhou between 1935-1941. A few years later, in 1948, he settled in Paris, in the Montparnasse district, where he would follow the artistic courses of Émile Othon Friesz and come into contact with the contemporary artistic avant-garde. He begins to experiment with lithography, a technique that he eventually mastered, as a result of his contact with Desjobert. He holds a solo exhibition at the Creuze Gallery in May 1949, with a presentation written by Bernard Dorival, curator of the National Museum of Modern Art. In January 1951 Pierre Loeb visits Wou-Ki's studio with Henri Michaux, organizing an exhibition at the Pierre Gallery for June, thus laying the foundations for a close collaborative relationship that would last six years. Thus, he exhibits regularly at the Pierre Gallery, and meets I. M. Pei and his wife Eileen, opening his circle of exhibitions to Switzerland, London, Basel and Lausanne, as well as in New York, Washington and Chicago. It is Michaux who writes the catalog presentation for his first New York exhibition, at the Cadly-Birch Gallery.

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MARK WALLINGER (Chigwell, England, 1959). "Ghost." Silkscreen, copy 422/500. Hand signed and numbered on the back. Measurements: 55 x 47 cm; 60 x 52,5 cm (frame). The white unicorn, a figure that often symbolizes unattainable purity, is impregnated in Mark Wallinger's work with political connotations, suggesting an ambiguous approach: the title and the image of photographic appearance emphasizes its ghostly essence, of mythical creature. But, at the same time, it suggests that utopia (ideals) continues to stir us up inside. English artist Mark Wallinger is known for his ability to use art as a tool for social and political commentary, combining intellectual rigor with a deep sense of history and culture. He emerged as part of the generation of British artists that formed in the 1980s and 1990s, often associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs). However, his approach has been more conceptual and political than many of his contemporaries. Wallinger addresses issues of identity, spirituality and power, often questioning authority and exploring subjectivity. His work can be both direct and ironic, using cultural and religious symbols to provoke reflection. Having been nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995, he won it in 2007 for his installation State Britain. His work Ecce Homo (1999-2000) was the first to occupy the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. He has represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, Documenta in Kassel and the Istanbul Biennial, among other international art events. Labyrinth (2013), a permanent commission for Art on the Underground, was created to celebrate 150 years of the London Underground. In 2018, the permanent work Writ in Water was made for the National Trust to celebrate the site where Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede. He has held exhibitions at major art institutions such as Tate Britain in London, the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt, and the Du Mont Foundation in Cologne.

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VICTOR MIRA (Zaragoza, 1949 - Munich, 2003). "Naked women in a landscape of Cantabrian artichokes". 1973 Mixed media on paper Signed and dated in the lower area. Certificate of authenticity issued by Esther Romero Fajardo attached. Measurements: 36 x 55 cm; 55 x 75 cm (frame). Painter, sculptor, engraver and writer, his training was basically self-taught. When he was eighteen years old he had his first individual exhibition in the N'Art gallery in Zaragoza, which was also the first open-air sculpture exhibition held in that city. Shortly afterwards he moved to Madrid, where he exhibited in 1973 at the Pol Verdié gallery. During his years in the capital he attended the Encuentros de Pamplona, where he met John Cage. Two years later, in 1974, Ana María Canales published her book "Víctor Mira, eres mi pintor preferido" (Victor Mira, you are my favourite painter). In 1975 she travelled to Heidelberg, where she lived for five months, and that same year she published "El libro de las dos hojas". In 1976 he began to work in Germany on his series "Spanische Haltung" and "Manos". After spending some time between Madrid and Germany, in 1977 he settled in Barcelona. There he began his cycle of paintings "Interiores catalanes con tomate", and in 1979 he published his first book of poems, "El bienestar de los demonios". That same year he had his first solo exhibition in Munich, at the Tanit gallery, and the following year he showed his work in the United States, at the George Staempfli gallery in New York. From then on his international career took off, with exhibitions in Germany, the United States, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Colombia, France, Belgium and Austria, while he continued to exhibit regularly in Spain. In 1983 he travelled to the United States for the first time, invited by the Meadows Museum in Dallas, and that same year he worked in the printmaking workshops of the Southern Methodist University in Dallas and spent five months in New York. Also in 1983, in Barcelona, he produced his first series of iron sculptures, "Cultura del arco" and "Mediodías". In 1997 he was invited to participate in the Art Biennale in New York by Amy Chaiklin, and six years later, shortly before his death, he was awarded the prize for the best living Spanish artist at the ARCO Fair. The most recent retrospective exhibition devoted to this artist was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, at the Beck & Eggeling gallery. Works by Mira are held in museums and private collections all over the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the MACBA in Barcelona, the Fine Arts Museums of Vitoria and Zaragoza, the Beulas Foundation in Huesca, and the Museo Colecciones ICO in Madrid, among others.

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