20th Century Art & Design

Auction Details

Treadway/Toomey Galleries, announces their Sunday, May 15th, 20th Century Art and Design Auction located at the John Toomey Gallery in Oak Park Illinois. Included are over 1000 lots of furniture, lighting, metalwork, pottery, and glassware from the Arts and Crafts/Art Nouveau period through a broad range of Modern Design, as well as a selection of fine European and American paintings, prints, and sculpture. The first session will feature several important Gustave Baumann woodblocks, an early Gustav Stickley chest of drawers, and a nice selection of Frank Lloyd Wright furniture and other Arts & Crafts designs. A fine collection of Handel lamps as well as European and American Art Pottery. There is also a large selection of metalware and a nice assortment of Arts & Crafts prints. Session two include a mixture of traditional and modern paintings by such artists Carl Krafft, Theodore Steele, James Beckwith, Charles Dahlgreen, John Hardrick, Lawrence McConaha, William Eyden, Tunis Ponsen and others. Fine sculptures by Ettore Colla, and others The third and final session of the sale, 1950s/Modern. Such designers as, George Nelson, Thaden-Jordan, Eames, Noguchi, Paulin, Harvey Probber, , Knoll, Mies van der Rohe, Paul Frankl, Higgins, Wormley, Paul McCobb, Scarpa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Finn Juhl, and much more.
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Newcomb College tile, painted floral design 101Newcomb College tile, painted floral design
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Newcomb College tile, painted floral design covered in a high glaze, executed by Sadie Irvine,#RI95,4.5in.w
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
Newcomb College vase, swamp lilies102Newcomb College vase, swamp lilies
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Unusual Newcomb College vase, rare carved and painted swamp lilies design in blue and purple, executed by Henrietta Bailey, marked #RK23,6in.h
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 3,250.00
Gustav Stickley library table 103Gustav Stickley library table
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Good Gustav Stickley library table, rectangular top over two drawers with original iron hardware, tapered legs with thru-tenon construction, fine orig
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
Arts and Crafts chand elier, brass frame  104Arts and Crafts chand elier, brass frame
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Arts and Crafts chandelier, brass frame with caramel colored slag glass over a green glass border, original chain and cap, cleaned patina,19in.w x 19i
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 650.00
Weller hanging fixture, geometrical design  105Weller hanging fixture, geometrical design
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Rare Weller hanging fixture, uplighter with incised geometrical design in green and red on a cream background, replaced electric socket cover,18in.dia
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00
Gustav Stickley trestle table,#637 106Gustav Stickley trestle table,#637
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Gustav Stickley trestle table,#637, rectangular top over a thick lower shelf with double keyed tenon construction on a shoefoot base, original finish,
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
Good Gustav Stickley bookcase,#700 107Good Gustav Stickley bookcase,#700
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Good Gustav Stickley bookcase,#700, single door, harvey Ellis form with leaded panels at top and columns with capitals at sides, arched toe board, fou
Estimate : 9,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for 10,000.00
Arts and Crafts table,square top108Arts and Crafts table,square top
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Arts and Crafts table, square top over tapered legs and side slat with stylized floral cutout design, original finish,22in.w x 22in.d x 29in.h,very go
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
Stickley Brothers hall chair,#312 1/2109Stickley Brothers hall chair,#312 1/2
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Stickley Brothers hall chair,#312 1/2, three vertical slats under an arched top rail, original rush seat with minor breaks, original finish, 16in.w x
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
James Hopkins color woodcut, 110James Hopkins color woodcut,
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James Hopkins color woodcut, French Street Scene,Wine Shop, c.1905-14, Cincinnati artist, studied woodblock printing in Japan and worked in Paris, sig
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
Herbert Waters color woodcut111Herbert Waters color woodcut
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Herbert Waters color woodcut, edition of 50, signed and titled on mount, matted, framed in an oak Arts and Crafts frame, 3.75in.h x 3in.w
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 250.00
Marion Gothard Wallace color woodcut112Marion Gothard Wallace color woodcut
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Marion Gothard Wallace color woodcut, Evening in the Desert, also a painter and leatherworker, signed and titled below image,6in.w x 7.5in.h, matted,
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 500.00
Gustav Stickley desk chair,#2578113Gustav Stickley desk chair,#2578
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Gustav Stickley desk chair,#2578, low back form with a single wide horizontal slat at back over a recovered leather seat, unsigned, original finish, m
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
Gustav Stickley desk,#708114Gustav Stickley desk,#708
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Early Gustav Stickley desk,#708, two drawer form with original iron pulls and letter holders at back, paneled sides and back, signed with early red de
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,700.00
Marblehead vase, cylindrical form 115Marblehead vase, cylindrical form
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Exceptional Marblehead vase, large cylindrical form with incised and painted geometric designs in gray on a green matt ground, artist signed by Hanna
Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
Sold to floor for 17,000.00
Grueby vase,large applied vertcal leaves116Grueby vase,large applied vertcal leaves
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Excellent Grueby vase, large gently tapered form with carved and applied vertcal leaves under a suspended green matt glaze, impressed mark, artist ini
Estimate : 5,500.00 - 7,500.00
Sold to floor for 4,250.00
Marblehead vase, parrots and  foilage  117Marblehead vase, parrots and foilage
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Rare Marblehead vase, large form decorated with multi-colored parrots and foilage against a gray background, signed, marked, 1911,12in.h, professional
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to rookstarr for 4,900.00
Clewell vase,copper-clad pottery, ,#37-6,16h118Clewell vase,copper-clad pottery, ,#37-6,16h
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Large and impressive Clewell vase, copper-clad pottery, huge broad shouldered form with its original patina, marked,#37-6,16in.h, a big and decorative
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,000.00
Arts and Crafts cand lesticks, pair119Arts and Crafts cand lesticks, pair
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Arts and Crafts candlesticks, pair, in the style of Jarvie, copper with original patina to both, unmarked,14in.h
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
Hand el wall sconce,#5253      120Hand el wall sconce,#5253
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Handel wall sconce,#5253, hammered copper back plate with raised design in repousse, riveted circular candleholder, lightly cleaned patina, signed,7in
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 550.00