A chest of drawers by the star Australian designer Marc Newson has sold at auction in Paris for more than one million euros, more than twice its estimate. The piece called "Pod of drawers" by the creator who has worked for Apple for the past decade, was bought for 1.019 million euros (USD 1.1 million) by an Asian buyer, the auction house Artcurial said yesterday. Newson, 53, made the shiny aluminium drawers by hand in 1987 while he was at art school having earlier trained as a jeweller. The piece was inspired by French Art Deco designer Andre Groult's famous body-shaped "Chiffonnier Anthropomorphe", Artcurial said. All the lots in its "Heavy Metal, 20 Design Masterpieces" sale were sold, Artcurial said, making a total of 2.7 million euros.

Source: dna October 27, 2016 05:23 UTC