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21 November 2024
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Mario Dal Fabbro

Occasional table

Italy, 1979
carved wenge, mahogany 18½ h × 13½ w × 9½ d in (47 × 34 × 24 cm)
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $4,192
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Incised signature and date to base ‘1979 Mario Dal Fabbro’.
provenance: Acquired directly from the artist | Thence by descent | Private Collection | Private Collection, New York | Wright, Important Design, 8 June 2010, Lot 591 | Private Collection

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My preoccupation with sculpture is not with the volume and mass per se, but with the lines that delimit and circumscribe them.

Mario Dal Fabbro

Mario Dal Fabbro 1913–1990

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Mario Dal Fabbro worked in his family’s furniture design shop in Italy before pursuing an education in the field of art and design. He graduated in 1937 with high honors and went on to create furniture designs for private clients and furniture stores in Milan. In 1948, Dal Fabbro immigrated to the United States where he began designing works for mass production.

In addition to designing furniture, Dal Fabbro was the author of numerous books on Modern furniture design. He was also an artist, and in the late 1960s Dal Fabbro turned his attention to sculpture creating objects of beauty that exhibit his expert craftsmanship.

Auction Results Mario Dal Fabbro

Mario Dal Fabbro

occasional table

estimate: $10,000–12,000

result: $11,875

Mario Dal Fabbro

Untitled

estimate: $4,000–6,000

result: $10,000

Mario Dal Fabbro

Untitled

estimate: $7,000–9,000

result: $8,125

Mario Dal Fabbro

untitled

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $5,938
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