Ron Arad b. 1951, `Rolling Volume'

designed 1989 - produced circa 2000 - number 19 from an edition of 20 plus 5 artist's proofs - executed by Ron Arad Studios - polished stainless steel - signed and numbered `Ron Arad 19/20' - measurements 80 by 75.5 by 101 cm - alternate measurements 31½ by 29¾ by 39¾ in. - Lot Sold 44,450 GBP

PROVENANCE: The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht

Patrick Brillet Fine Art, London

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Alexander von Vegesack (ed.), Sticks & Stones One Offs & Short Runs Ron Arad 1980-1990, exhibition catalogue, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1990, pp. 110-11
Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad, London, 1999, pp. 62-63
Matthew Collings, Ron Arad talks to Matthew Collings about designing chairs, vases, buildings and..., London, 2004, pp. 98-99

NOTE: `This volume piece touches the floor at a tangent because its rear is heavily weighted with lead ballast. The weight tips it upwards, altering the conventional sitting and rocking action of this kind of chair - the sitter `plays' against an invisible weight' Matthew Collings

Sotheby's. Contemporary Design. 18 Oct 08. London - www.sothebys.com - photo courtesy Sotheby's.