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Modern + Contemporary Design and Books of Art + Design

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location1440 West Hubbard, Chicago, Illinois, 60622, United States

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Modern + Contemporary Design
Wright will showcase a wide range of styles and trends of the twentieth century in the first major design auction of the fall. From the turn of the century there are several noteworthy designs, including a cast iron ornamental detail from the Chicago Stock Exchange by Louis Sullivan and a samovar in hand-wrought brass by Josef Hoffmann. A rare occasional table by Walter von Nessen illustrates the height of American Art Deco and its simplified forms. Several works by Vladimir Kagan are juxtaposed against designs by Paul Evans and Phil Powell which show an unexpected cohesive mood in the East Coast design studios during the 1960s. Chic French style is showcased in a collection of designs by Gabriella Crespi, Kim Moltzer and Michel Boyer with earlier French precedents by Jean Prouve, Jean Royere and Georges Jouve. Other highlights include work by Hans Coper, Art Smith, Donald Drumm and a large collection of artwork by Harry Bertoia. Fashionable contemporary design continues its rise in the market with several works represented in the auction. A collection of biomorphic designs by Marc Newson is shown along side a sofa by the Dutch architect Ben van Berkel, a Vermelha chair by the Campana Brothers and a pair of chairs by Mats Theselius.

Books of Art + Design is our second auction of reference material focusing on modern and contemporary art and design books, including monographs, surveys, periodicals and ephemera. As a companion to our regular art and design auctions, this sale reflects Wright's desire to diffuse knowledge and showcases the importance of twentieth century design.??An important selection of artist's books will be offered- a selection of rare Dieter Roth Werke Bande books and Gordon Matta-Clark's Walls Paper are notable examples. Additionally, the sale features a large selection of reference material on Modern and Contemporary art with several lots comprised of books about Donald Judd, Gerhard Richter, Brice Marden, Richard Serra and Richard Tuttle. Modern design is represented with lots of Scandinavian and Italian Design titles, typography reference material and six decades of Domus catalogs.
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Architectural Periodicals Collection1533 - Architectural Periodicals Collection
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27 pieces Architectural Review Collection The Architectural Review Whitehall 1955-1957 B & W/Color Softcover Eight issues of
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Art Deco/Art Nouveau Sculpture Survey1534 - Art Deco/Art Nouveau Sculpture Survey
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6 pieces Art Deco Sculpture & Metalware Alfred W. Edward Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen 1996 Color 144 pages Hardcover<br
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Art et Decoration Complete 1898-19191535 - Art et Decoration Complete 1898-1919
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19 pieces Art et Decoration Collection Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts Paris B & W/Color Hardcover Complete run of Art et Deco
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Sold to floor for (2,900.00) = 2,900.00
 
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Art Nouveau Glass Survey1536 - Art Nouveau Glass Survey
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4 pieces Waltraud Neuwirth-Loetz Austria 1905-1918 Waltrud Neuwirth Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth Wein 1986 B & W/Color
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Art Nouveau/Art Deco Survey I1537 - Art Nouveau/Art Deco Survey I
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11 pieces 1975 New York Art Deco Exposition At Radio City Music Hall Big Apple Events, Inc New York 1975 B & W 140 pages Soft
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Art Nouveau/Art Deco Survey II1538 - Art Nouveau/Art Deco Survey II
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23 pieces Art Nouveau & Art Deco Jewelry An Identification & Value Guide Lillian Baker Collector Books Paducah, Kentucky 1981 Co
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Arts and Architecture1539 - Arts and Architecture
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92 pieces Arts and Architecture collection USA 1950-1967 Ninety-two various issues of Arts and Architecture ranging from 1950 to 1967.
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Aujourd Hui Collection1540 - Aujourd Hui Collection
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14 pieces Aujourd'Hui: Art et Architecture Collection Aujourd'Hui Paris 1955-1959 B & W/Color Softcover Fourteen issues of Aj
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Austrian/Avant-Garde Design Survey1541 - Austrian/Avant-Garde Design Survey
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9 pieces Richard Riemerschmid Vom Jugendstil zum Werkbund Winfried Nerdinger Prestel Verlag Munich 1983 B & W/Color 546 pages
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Sold to singeldad for (175.00 + 35.00BP) = 210.00
 
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Bauhaus Survey1542 - Bauhaus Survey
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2 pieces Bauhaus Weimar 1919-25 Dessau 1925-28 Herbert Bayer and Walter & Ise Gropius The Museum of Modern Art New York 1938 B &
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Bernard Leach Monographs1543 - Bernard Leach Monographs
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4 pieces The Art of Bernard Leach Carol Hogben Watson-Guptill Publications New York 1978 B & W/Color 192 pages Hardcover<b
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Bruce Mau Monographs1544 - Bruce Mau Monographs
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2 pieces Zone 1/2: The Contemporary City Michael Feher and Sanford Kwinter Urzone, Inc. New York B & W/Color 467 pages Softco
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California Ceramics Survey1545 - California Ceramics Survey
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23 pieces The Art of Peter Voulkos Rose Slivka Kodansha International/The Oakland Museum Tokyo/Oakland 1995 B & W/Color 191 p
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Ceramics Periodicals & Surveys1546 - Ceramics Periodicals & Surveys
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26 pieces Clay Today The New Gallery USA 1962-63 B & W 25 pages Softcover Fine Exhibition 68 Columbus Gallery of
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Sold to singeldad for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Charles Eames/Herman Miller Reference1547 - Charles Eames/Herman Miller Reference
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9 pieces Photographs of a Splint, Furniture and a House of Cards Westland Graphics Burbank B & W/Color 10+ pages Softcover Ne
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh Monographs1548 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh Monographs
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2 pieces Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement Thomas Howarth Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd. London 1952/1977 B & W<br
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Danish Furniture Reference1549 - Danish Furniture Reference
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4 pieces Dansk Mobelkunst gennem 40 aar: Kobenhavns Snedkerlaugs Mobeludstillinger 1927-1966 - 1937-1946 (this edition) Grete Jalk Teknol
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to ssscholz for (1,100.00 + 220.00BP) = 1,320.00
 
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Dansk Kunsthanandvaerk Collection1550 - Dansk Kunsthanandvaerk Collection
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20 pieces Dansk Kunst Haandvaerk Collection A. Hostrup Pedersen, et al. L.F. Foght Copenhagen 1948-1967 B & W Softcover Ex
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
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Decorative Arts Journal Collection1551 - Decorative Arts Journal Collection
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8 pieces The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts #4 The Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts Inc. Miami 1987
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Decorative Arts Survey I1552 - Decorative Arts Survey I
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11 pieces Decorative Art in Modern Interiors Studio Vista Limited London 1965 B & W/Color 170 pages Hardcover Ex libris<br
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Decorative Arts Survey II1553 - Decorative Arts Survey II
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10 pieces Contemporary Decorative Arts from 1940 to the Present Philippe Garner Facts on File, Inc. New York 1980 B & W/Color<br
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Decorative Arts/Interiors1554 - Decorative Arts/Interiors
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5 pieces A Century of Progress Homes and Furnishings M.A Ring Company Chicago 1934 B & W 126 pages Hardcover Good Y
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Design Magazine Collection1555 - Design Magazine Collection
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53 pieces Design Magazine Collection The Design Council London 1958-1982 B & W/Color Softcover Fifty-three issues of Design M
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Sold to oldstreetm.. for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Design Monographs1556 - Design Monographs
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10 pieces Time and Defiance of Gravity: Recent Works by Wendell Castle Lisa Hammel Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester<br
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Deutsche StahlrohrMobel1557 - Deutsche StahlrohrMobel
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1 piece Deutsche StahlrohrMobel Bangert Verlag Munchen 1986 B & W 179 pages Hardcover Excellent and surprizingly uncommon
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Die Bildhauerei1558 - Die Bildhauerei
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1 piece Die Bildhauerei Veriagsantstalt Des Deutschen Holzarbeiter Berlin 1927-1929 B & W 32 pages Softcover DJ Eleven
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Domus 1930s1559 - Domus 1930s
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1 piece Domus 1930s Collection Editoriale Domus S.p.A. Milano 1932-1939 B & W/Color Softcover Incomplete collection of Domus
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
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Domus 1940s1560 - Domus 1940s
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1 piece Domus 1940s Collection Editoriale Domus S.p.A. Milano 1940-1943 B & W/Color Softcover Incomplete short-run of Domus f
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Domus 1950s1561 - Domus 1950s
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1 piece Domus 1950s Collection Editoriale Domus S.p.A. Milano 1953-1959 B & W/Color Softcover Incomplete short run of Domus f
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Domus 1960s1562 - Domus 1960s
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1 piece Domus 1960s Collection Editoriale Domus S.p.A. Milano 1960-1969 B & W/Color Softcover Nearly complete run of Domus fr
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Domus 1970s1563 - Domus 1970s
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1 piece Domus 1970s Collection Editoriale Domus S.p.A. Milano 1970-1979 B & W/Color Softcover Nearly complete collection of D
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Domus 1980s1564 - Domus 1980s
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1 piece Domus 1980s Collection Editoriale Domus S.p.A. Milano 1980-1984 B & W/Color Softcover Incomplete collection from 1980
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Donald Deskey Monographs1565 - Donald Deskey Monographs
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2 pieces Donald Deskey Decorative Designs and Interiors David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher E.P Dutton New York 1987 B & W/Color<b
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Dutch Architecture Collection1566 - Dutch Architecture Collection
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20 pieces Moderne Bouwkunst in Nederland Collection W.L. & J. Brusse N.V. Rotterdam 1932-1935 B & W Hardcover Complete run of
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Eliel Saarinen Monographs1567 - Eliel Saarinen Monographs
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3 pieces The City Its Growth Its Decay Its Future Eliel Saarinen Reinhold Publishing Corporation New York 1943 B & W 380 page
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Esempi Collection1568 - Esempi Collection
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7 pieces Esempi di Arredamento Moderno di Tutto il Mundo- Tavoli Tavolini Carrelli Roberto Aloi Ulrico Hoepli Editore Milano 1957<b
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Ettore Sottsass Monographs I1569 - Ettore Sottsass Monographs I
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2 pieces Ettore Sottsass - La Darrera Opportunitat d'Esser Avantguarda Centre d'Art Santa Monica Generalitat de Catalunya 1993 Color<b
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Ettore Sottsass Monographs II1570 - Ettore Sottsass Monographs II
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3 pieces Ettore Sottsass, Jun. - Designer Artist Architect Hans Hoger Ernst Wasmuth Verlag Berlin 1993 B & W/Color 239 pages<
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Ettore Sottsass Publications1571 - Ettore Sottsass Publications
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2 pieces Esercizio Formale Ettore Sottsass Ettore Sottsass Jr./Alessi S.P.A. Crusinallo 1989 Color Hardcover A scarce orig
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Ettore Sottsass Scrap-Book1572 - Ettore Sottsass Scrap-Book
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1 piece Sottsass Scrap-Book Federica di Castro Casabella Milan 1976 B & W/Color 149 pages Hardcover DJ A compilation
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Exposition Paris 19251573 - Exposition Paris 1925
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1 piece Paris 1925: Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes Imprimerie de Vaugirard Paris 1925 B & W<
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Form Magazine Collection1574 - Form Magazine Collection
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8 pieces Form Magazine Collection Gregor Paulsson Svenska Slojdforeningens Tidskrift Stockholm 1934 B & W 35 pages Softcov
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Sold to ssscholz for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Frank Gehry Monographs1575 - Frank Gehry Monographs
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3 pieces Frank Gehry: New Bentwood Furniture Designs Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts Montreal 1992 B & W/Color 111 pages S
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Frank Lloyd Wright Monographs1576 - Frank Lloyd Wright Monographs
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5 pieces Frank Lloyd Wright The Living City Bramhall House New York 1958 B & W 224 pages Hardcover DJ Very Good
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French Glass Survey1577 - French Glass Survey
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11 pieces Rene Lalique Maitre Claude Boisgirard Paris 1987 B & W 56 pages Softcover Near Fine Daum Cristal France<b
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French Modernism Monographs1578 - French Modernism Monographs
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5 pieces Jean Prouve Serge Mouille Anthony de Lorenzo and Alan & Christine Counord de Lorenzo and Counord New York and Paris 1985<b
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Furniture by Architects Survey1579 - Furniture by Architects Survey
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3 pieces Alvar Aalto: Furniture 1929-1939 Michael Playford and Michael Whiteway Haslam and Whiteway London 1987 B & W Softcov
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GA Architecture Building Monographs1580 - GA Architecture Building Monographs
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12 pieces GA TWA Terminal & Dulles International Airport Yukio Futagawa A.D.A. Edita Co., Ltd. Tokyo 1977 Color 48 pages S
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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Gaetano Pesce Monographs1581 - Gaetano Pesce Monographs
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2 pieces Le Temps Des Questions Geatano Pesce Centre Georges Pompidou Paris 1996 B & W/Color 136 pages Softcover This b
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Gio Ponti Monographs1582 - Gio Ponti Monographs
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3 pieces Gio Ponti - Arte Applicata Centro Internazionale di Brera Coliseum Editore Srl Milano 1987 B & W 32 pages Softcover<
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