Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen 1910–1961
Born in 1910, Eero Saarinen was surrounded by design his entire life; his father, Eliel Saarinen was an architect and director of the Cranbrook Academy of art and his mother, Loja Saarinen, was an acclaimed textile artist. In 1929, Saarinen traveled to Paris to study sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière before enrolling in the Yale architecture program. He returned to Cranbrook in 1934 where he met fellow designer and friend, Charles Eames. In 1947, Saarinen won a competition to design a monument for Thomas Jefferson in St. Louis. His Gateway Arch would mark one of the many triumphs of his short but incredibly productive career.
Auction Results Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $45,000
Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $35,000
Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $35,000
Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $35,000
Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $30,000
Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $27,500
Eero Saarinen
dining set
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $13,750
Eero Saarinen
Tulip table from the Grill Room
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $9,375
Eero Saarinen
Tulip table model 175W and chairs model 151, set of six
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $8,750
Eero Saarinen
Prototype occasional table
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $8,125
Eero Saarinen
prototype Womb chair
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $7,500
Eero Saarinen
Tulip chairs, set of eight
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $7,200
Eero Saarinen
Rare Womb chair and ottoman
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,938
Eero Saarinen
Tulip dining set
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,938
Eero Saarinen
Tulip stool from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $500–700
result: $5,625
Eero Saarinen
Tulip stool from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $500–700
result: $5,625
Eero Saarinen
Tulip stool from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $500–700
result: $5,313
Eero Saarinen
dining chairs, set of six
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $4,875
Eero Saarinen
Womb settee
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,875
Eero Saarinen
Grasshopper chair
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,800
Eero Saarinen
Tulip chairs model 150, set of ten
estimate: $3,000–4,000
result: $4,800
Eero Saarinen
Womb chair and ottoman
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $4,688
Eero Saarinen
dining table
estimate: $4,000–5,000
result: $4,560
Eero Saarinen
Tulip dining table, model 174W
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,500