Midcentury Goes Southwest In Golden Gavel Auction

Pedro Friedeberg’s carved hand chairs have reached iconic status, having sold more than 5,000 copies since the first one was created in 1962. This chair, signed on the base, 34 inches tall, 17½ inches wide and 20 inches deep, sold for $14,760 to an online LiveAuctioneers purchaser and was the top lot in the 159-lot sale.
Review By W.A. Demers
EAST WINDSOR, CONN. — Guaranteed to make you smile, Pedro Friedeberg’s (b 1936) carved hand chairs have sold more than 5,000 copie