Lucio Costa Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1902 - d. 1998

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        • COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998)
          Mar. 14, 2024

          COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998)

          Est: €300 - €400

          COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998) COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998) Brazilian Architect and Urban planner. Lucio Costa is best known for his pilot plan of Brazilia. A.L.S., `Lucio Costa´, one page, blue paper, 4to, 11th January 1967, to Swiss Editor and Journalist Anthony Krafft, in French. Costa states `Je vous prie de bien vouloir remettre un exemplaire de votre revue, si elle est déjà parue, à ma fille Mme Elisa Costa Sobral, 22 rue de la Fontaine, Paris XVIº´ (Translation: “I kindly ask you to forward a copy of your magazine, if already published, to my daughter Mma Elisa Costa Sobral, 22 rue de la Fontaine, Paris XVIth”) VG

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        • COSTA LUCIO (1902 - 1998) - Armchair with footrest executed by Liceu de Artes e Oficios, S. Paolo, Brasile
          Dec. 05, 2023

          COSTA LUCIO (1902 - 1998) - Armchair with footrest executed by Liceu de Artes e Oficios, S. Paolo, Brasile

          Est: €1,800 - €2,400

          COSTA LUCIO (1902 - 1998). Armchair with footrest executed by Liceu de Artes e Oficios, S. Paolo, Brasile. Dimensione: armchair 83 x 82 x 98 cm; footrest: 40 x 50 x 67 cm. 1960.

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        • COSTA LUCIO (1902 - 1998) Armchair with footrest executed by Liceu de Artes e Oficios, S. Paolo, Brasile
          May. 18, 2023

          COSTA LUCIO (1902 - 1998) Armchair with footrest executed by Liceu de Artes e Oficios, S. Paolo, Brasile

          Est: €3,000 - €4,000

          COSTA LUCIO (1902 - 1998). Armchair with footrest executed by Liceu de Artes e Oficios, S. Paolo, Brasile. Footrest: 40 x 50 x 67 cm. Cm 82,00 x 83,00 x 98,00. 1960

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        • COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998)
          Dec. 02, 2021

          COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998)

          Est: €2,000 - €3,000

          COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998) Brazilian Architect. A renowned urban Planner, best known for his plan of Brasilia. An exceptional A.L.S., `Lucio Costa´, four pages, folio, Rio de Janeiro, 23rd May 1966, on the ''Ministerio da Educaçao e Cultura'' printed heading, to Anthony Krafft, in French. A very interesting letter, fully related to architecture, with Costa´s thoughts, and with multiple references to history, works and architects. Costa states in part `Indépendamment de la fonction, il y a ''in abstrato'' et sous-jacente, une intention que commande la création architecturale - soit-elle un objet, un batiment, une ville -, de sorte que l´adaptation de la forme a la fonction peut conduire a des résultats singulierement différenciés. Je vous donne un exemple historique Brésilien. Au XVIII siecle…´ (''Independently of the function, there is ''in abstrato'' and underlying, an intention that the architectural creation commands - be it an object, a building, a city - so that the adaptation of form to function can lead to singularly differentiated results. I will give you a Brazilian historical example. In the 18th century…'') Costa continues with historical references and examples, saying `Dans la premiere moitié du siècle dominait encore l´esprit d´ostentation et d´opulence a la Louis XIV, - courbes et contre-courbes lourdes, de l´or, du bleu foncé, du rouge et du noir; dans la seconde période c´était déja l´élégance et la grace de l´esprit Louis XV qui prévalait: courbes et contre-courbes acquirent de la souplesse, l´emploi de l´or se fit moins ostensif, le bleu devint clair, le rouge rose, le blanc et le gris remplacerent le noir. Cela montre que la relation forme-fonction doit etre envisagée en tenant compte de l´intention qui commande le processus d´intégration formelle´ (''In the first half of the century, the spirit of ostentation and opulence in the Louis XIV style still dominated - heavy curves and counter-curves, gold, dark blue, red and black; in the second period it was already the elegance and the grace of the Louis XV spirit which prevailed: curves and counter-curves acquired suppleness, the use of gold became less ostensive, the blue became clear, pink instead of red, white and grey replaced black. This shows that the form-function relationship must be considered taking into account the intention that drives the process of formal integration'') Lucio Costa further refers to today´s date concepts and to Le Corbusier, stating in part `L´idéal de clareté et de pureté formelle géométrique de la Renaissance a refoulé en Europe la conception formelle dynamique (gothique). Aujourd´hui, grace a la technologie moderne qui permet des structures où la tension prédomine, on observe, un peu partout, le retour au dynamisme formel. Il y a meme les prétentieux de l´art dit prospectif qui prétendent ensevelir, des maintenant, avec son corps, l´oeuvre de Le Corbusier. Ils oublient sa belle structure (gothique) du toit suspendu de la grande salle du Palais des Soviets, le Pavillon improvisé de ''L´Esprit Nouveau'' (1937) et le Pavillon Philips de Bruxelles. Le Corbusier avait l´esprit ouvert a tous les vents. Dans sa premiere phase de conception statique prévalait, avec le contrepoint dynamique de sa peinture; apres Ronchamp l´intégration des deux concepts s´établit. L´intégration qui est le fondement meme de l´art des temps nouveaux´ (''The Renaissance ideal of clarity and geometric formal purity drove dynamic formal design (Gothic) back to Europe. Today, thanks to modern technology which allows structures where tension predominates, we can observe, almost everywhere, a return to formal dynamism. There are even the pretentious of the so-called prospective art who claim to bury, from now on, with his body, the work of Le Corbusier. They forget his beautiful structure (Gothic) of the suspended roof of the great hall of the Palace of the Soviets, the improvised Pavilion of ''L´Esprit Nouveau'' (1937) and the Philips Pavilion in Brussels. Le Corbusier was open to all new visions. In his first phase of static design prevailed, the dynamic counterpoint of his painting; after Ronchamp the integration of the two concepts was established. Integration which is the foundation itself of the art of the new times'') Further again Costa adds his conclusions on his function and form theory. VG Anthony Kraft (1928-1991) Swiss journalist and editor of architecture works.

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        • COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998)
          Oct. 30, 2019

          COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998)

          Est: €450 - €680

          COSTA LUCIO: (1902-1998) Brazilian Architect and Urban planner. Lucio Costa is best known for his pilot plan of Brazilia. A good A.L.S., twice, `L.C´ and `L. Costa´ as sender to the verso of envelope, one page, 4to, 25th July 1966, to Swiss Journalist Anthony Krafft, in French. Costa states `Thank you, it is not so important, it was just that I have forgotten to point out Japan and Korea on my sketch.´ further saying `I apologize, I am ashamed maintaining such nonsense talking while on this precise moment people are massacred and men´s works destroyed in an immoral and sinful war in Vietnam.´ Accompanied by the original printed stationery envelope of the Brazilian ministry of education and culture, post-stamped, written in his hand to front and verso. With blank integral leaf. Folded. VG £400-600

          International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
        • Jean Manzon (1915-1990) - Juscelino and Lucio Costa, ca.1957
          Mar. 05, 2015

          Jean Manzon (1915-1990) - Juscelino and Lucio Costa, ca.1957

          Est: £200 - £300

          Gelatin silver print on Leonar paper, 23.1 x 17.5cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/8in) This lot also includes a posthumous print by Ben Shahn, titled Þstitute Family, Ozark Mountains, Ark', 1935. ** This lot has been imported from outside the EU to be sold at auction, and therefore the buyer must pay the import at a rate of 5% on the hammer and 24% on the buyer's premium.

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        • LÚCIO COSTA
          Dec. 09, 2005

          LÚCIO COSTA

          Est: $6,000 - $8,000

          PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS measurements note 26 in. (66 cm) high manufactured by OCA, Rio de Janeiro ca. 1960 rosewood and leather LITERATURE Lúcio Costa: Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, 1986, pp. 30-31 (for Lúcio Costa sitting in the chair model in his home in Rio de Janeiro) Maria Cecília Loschiavo dos Santos, O Móvel Moderno no Brasil, Sao Paolo, 1995, p. 59 Guilherme Wisnik, Lúcio Costa, Sao Paolo, 2001, p. 126 NOTE Brazilian architect, urban planner, and author Lúcio Costa was instrumental in the creation of a post-war style in Latin America that integrated a Colonial tradition and tropical environment with International-Style modernism. Costa designed the urban plan of the futuristic capital city of Brasília in 1956 after winning the national contest. In addition to his architectural planning, Costa also designed furniture with Oscar Niemeyer, his student and collaborator, as early as 1935. In that year, the two created a furniture series in wood, leather and metal for the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio de Janeiro. The early furniture series helped to cement the position of functionalism in Brazil. The rare armchairs offered here were produced by Oca, the Brazilian furniture company founded by designer Sergio Rodrigues in 1960. While Costa never received the acclaim that his contemporaries garnered, his continued work in architecture and preservation were influential throughout Brazil. By the time Lúcio Costa designed these chairs, he had largely retreated from public life due to the untimely death of his wife. At the time of his death in 1998, this pioneering modernist had receded into the background while Niemeyer and others became prominent and successful worldwide. --Michelle Everidge

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