Tables, chairs, sofas, shelves and sideboards Sergio Rodrigues and Joaquim Tenreiro two of the main Brazilian architects of the 20th century, will have an exhibition starting this Friday (12) at the Copan Building in Sao Paulo.
THE Bloch Editors Collection will exhibit pieces that were part of the furniture of the Manchete building, in Rio de Janeiro, an iconic construction designed by Oscar Niemeyer and where Editora Bloch, a press conglomerate that operated from 1952 to 2000, operated.
In addition to the exhibition, the furniture will be auctioned from the 16th of August. In all, there are 90 lots and initial bids range from R$1,000 to R$31,000.
All the furniture belonged to a single collector, who acquired it at the time of the Editora’s bankruptcy.
Made of solid jacaranda and freijó wood, for example, the creation of the pieces was carried out in two stages: the first by Joaquim Tenreiro from 1966 onwards and the second by Rodrigues from 1968 onwards.
Adolpho Bloch, then owner of the publishing house, developed a great friendship with Sergio Rodrigues, who even created a line of furniture that bears the entrepreneur’s name.
Joaquim Tenreiro designed a series of furniture for the house in Teresópolis de Bloch.
One of the pieces that Auction Design – responsible for the online auction – expects to be the highlight is the curved sofa by Sergio Rodrigues, made of solid jacaranda wood and velvet-covered pillows, which was in the entrance hall of the Manchete building. , surrounded by tapestries, sculptures and works, among them, pieces by Frans Krajcberg.
With an initial value of BRL 31,000, the auction house expects to sell the sofa for more than BRL 150,000.
Brazilian design
Sergio Rodrigues was born in 1927, in Rio de Janeiro, and graduated as an architect 70 years ago, in 1952. To this day, he is considered one of the great Brazilian designers.
According to the Institute that bears his name, early on in his career he set out on a “frantic search” for a design that could represent the “spirit of our people”.
“Sergio broke paradigms by inventing his own language in search of Brazilian identity and harmoniously integrated the three areas in which he fought: architecture, design and drawing”. says yours biography.
Joaquim Tenreiro was born in Portugal in 1906, before his family migrated to Brazil. The son of a carpenter, he learned the craft at an early age and is called by many as the “father of 20th century Brazilian furniture design”.
He worked with Oscar Niemeyer in the construction of Brasília and his creations were present in several public buildings, especially the Itamaraty.
Source: CNN Brasil
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