MOSS AUCTION

Murray Moss 'On Decoration' | MOSS: Dialogues Between Art & Design

In this series of interviews, Moss shares his unique perspectives on decor, "good" taste, and how one lives with art and design.
Murray Moss 'On Good Taste' | MOSS: Dialogues Between Art & Design

In this series of interviews, Moss shares his unique perspectives on decor, "good" taste, and how one lives with art and design.
Murray Moss 'On Living with Art' | MOSS: Dialogues Between Art & Design

This October, Phillips de Pury and Company will present the 'MOSS: Dialogues Between Art & Design' an exhibition and auction curated by Murray Moss, founder of Moss, the beloved New York design institution. In this series of interviews, Moss shares his unique perspectives on decor, "good" taste, and how one lives with art and design. More: http://phillipsdepury.com/auctions.aspx?sn=NY050412
Lot 68: Toni Zuccheri's 'Prototype 'Hoopoe' bird sculpture

"Among Zuccheri's most recognizable and important works are his bird sculptures produced at Venini from the 1960s up to his death in 2008. This exuberant prototype, which I acquired directly from the Venini Archives in 2002 while doing research in preparation for the Moss exhibition, 'Fornace Venini: Fires Eternal', is an early working prototype of this iconic series. Vibrant and full of life, this is an exceptional example of postwar Venetian glass - and it has remained in our personal collection as an object we cherish." Murray Moss presents Toni Zuccheri's 'Prototype 'Hoopoe' bird sculpture, circa 1959.
Lot 8: Gio Ponti 'Parete Organizzata' illuminated wall organizer

"The idea of assembling and combining disparate items within an organized structure is of course akin to my affinity for creating montage; this wall unit, which Franklin and I have lived with and treasured for over 22 years, is to me the de-facto 'poster child' of Moss: Dialogues Between Art & Design, most representative of what Moss was and is now." Murray Moss presents Gio Ponti's 'Parete Organizzata' illuminated wall organizer, 1950-1953, from The Collection of Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell.
Lot 18: Alberto Meda Prototype 'Light Light' armchair

Murray Moss presents Alberto Meda's 'Prototype 'Light Light' armchair', circa 1988, from The Collection of Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell, to be offered 16 October 2012 in MOSS: Dialogues Between Art & Design auction. In the 1980s, Italian industrial designer Alberto Meda, former technical director of Kartell, collaborated with Alias on an extremely lightweight chair. Working with carbon fiber and Nomex®, a composite "honeycomb", they began work on a chair that was to be named 'Light Light,' weighing only 1 kg. 50 prototypes were produced of this chair, each a progression from the previous. Due to its extreme lightweight and high-tech appearance, this chair was deemed "un-commercial" and never put into production. This chair is part of the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Lot 108: Hella Jongerius' Giant Prince'

"'Giant Prince' re-introduced decoration as a meaningful component of contemporary design. It is to me an extremely important and profound work - a canon aimed at Modernism - and the piece I love most in this sale." Murray Moss presents Hella Jongerius' Giant Prince' vase, 2000, from The Collection of Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell. The 'Giant Prince' vase is in the permanent collection of the Stedeliijk Museum, Amsterdam and the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague.
Lot 12: Hella Jongerius 'Kasese Sheep' chair

Murray Moss presents Hella Jongerius' 'Kasese Sheep' chair, 1999, from The Collection of Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell. The chair, made of carbon fiber, 'Not Tom, Dick & Harry' handmade wool and silk felt by Claudy Jongstra, is a folding chair based on a chair that she discovered on a trip to Africa made by a carpenter from Kasese, Uganda. The 'Kasese Sheep' chair is in the following permanent collections: The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Textielmuseum Tilburg, the Netherlands; Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Dunkirk, France; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Puteaux, France and the collection of the artist.
Lot 54: Candida Höfer 'Schloss St. Emmeram Regensburg XXIV', 2003

"I've always thought of decor as a kind of projection onto a room - a film that one actually lives in - that one imagines to be his or her true natural environment." Murray Moss presents Candida Höfer's Schloss 'St. Emmeram Regensburg XXIV', 2003 from The Collection of Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell.
Lot 110: Fernando and Humberto Campana 'Teddy Bear Banquete' chair.

Murray Moss presents Fernando and Humberto Campana's 'Teddy Bear Banquete' chair from The Collection of Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell. Made of stuffed toy animals and brushed tubular steel, this chair was especially commissioned by Moss for its holiday 2004 store window and was limited to 20 pieces. The exclusive limited edition sold out entirely.
Lot 15: Erich Hösel Pair of Böttgerware camels.

"Figurines -- the devil to a modernist!" Murray Moss presents a pair of Böttgerware camels from The Collection of Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell. This pair of Böttgerware camels were designed by Erich Hösel in 1931 and produced in 2007 by Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Germany for the 'Limited Masterpieces' series.
Lot 117: Bots moving their little bot legs and crowing and oinking and shaking bot booty

Seattle metalsmith-artist Cathy McClure’s stripped-down bronze-armatured motor-driven former-plush-toy mechanisms are Lot 117 in the Moss curated auction Dialogues Between Art and Design at Phillips de Pury October 16. Bassett, Lady Bug, Rooster and Some Pig can be seen in action by clicking on the video
Lot 71: Andrea Salvetti's

Moss Auction Sneak Peak: art handlers installing Andrea Salvetti's Monumental "L'Albero" tree at Phillips de Pury. The viewing starts this Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Phillips uptown location, 450 Park Avenue