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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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Moderne Bauformen Collection1633 - Moderne Bauformen Collection
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7 pieces Modern Bauformen vol. 2 Julius Hoffman Germany 1935 B & W 400 pages Hardcover Good Modern Bauformen vol. 1
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Modernist Ceramics Survey I1634 - Modernist Ceramics Survey I
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12 pieces Per Virtu del Fuoco: Uomini e Ceramiche del Novecento Italiano Fulvio M. Rosso Musumeci Editore Aosta 1983 B & W/Color
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to 9200lucky for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Modernist Ceramics Survey II1635 - Modernist Ceramics Survey II
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16 pieces The Stoneware of Claude Conover The Studio of Claude Conover Cleveland B & W 8 pages Softcover Very uncommon small
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Sold to singeldad for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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Mostra Della Revoluzione Faciste1636 - Mostra Della Revoluzione Faciste
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1 piece Mostra Della Rivoluzione Fascista Dino Alfieri and Luigi Freddi Partito Nazionale Fascista Rome 1933 B & W/Color 258
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New Furniture Series1637 - New Furniture Series
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3 pieces New Furniture 4 Gerd Hatje George Wittenborn, Inc. New York 1958 B & W 162 pages Hardcover DJ Fine N
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Organic Design Catalog1638 - Organic Design Catalog
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1 piece Organic Design In Home Furnishings Eliot F. Noyes The Museum of Modern Art New York 1941 Color 48 pages Softcover<
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Parco di Principe Monograph1639 - Parco di Principe Monograph
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1 piece Il Palazzo Per Uffici Montecatini Tipographia Pizzi e Pizio di Milano Milano 1951 B & W 155 pages Softcover An ext
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Paul Rand Monographs1640 - Paul Rand Monographs
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2 pieces Thoughts on Design Paul Rand Wittenborn and Company New York 1947 B & W/Color 157 pages Hardcover DJ Good<b
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Peter Eisenmann Monographs1641 - Peter Eisenmann Monographs
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2 pieces House X Peter Eisenman Rizzoli New York 1982 B & W/Color 168 pages Softcover Fine Peter Eisenman House
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Phillipe Starck Monographs1642 - Phillipe Starck Monographs
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3 pieces Starck Taschen Germany 1991 B & W/Color 176 pages Softcover Fine Starck Taschen Germany 1991 B
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Piero Fornasetti Monographs1643 - Piero Fornasetti Monographs
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2 pieces Piero Fornasetti 1913-1988 Furniture and Objects 280 Modern New York B & W 10 pages Softcover Fine Fornasetti
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Portfolio Magazine Collection1644 - Portfolio Magazine Collection
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3 pieces Portfolio #2 George S. Rosenthal and Frank Zachary Zebra Press Cincinnati 1950 B & W/Color Softcover Good
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Sold to 1971sandro for (500.00 + 100.00BP) = 600.00
 
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Power in Buildings1645 - Power in Buildings
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1 piece Power In Buildings Hugh Ferriss Columbia University Press New York 1953 B & W 102 pages Hardcover DJ First e
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Progressive Architecture Collection 1971646 - Progressive Architecture Collection 197
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68 pieces Progressive Architecture Collection Reinhold Publishing Corporation Stamford, Conn. B & W/Color Softcover Great period
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Raymond Loewy Monographs1647 - Raymond Loewy Monographs
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4 pieces Industrial Design Raymond Loewy The Overlook Press Woodstock, NY 1979 B & W/Color 250 pages Hardcover DJ Fi
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Richard Neutra Monograph Signed1648 - Richard Neutra Monograph Signed
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1 piece Survival Through Design Richard Neutra Oxford University Press, Inc. New York 1954 384 pages Hardcover Signed and
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Sold to mima68 for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Robert Venturi Monographs1649 - Robert Venturi Monographs
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4 pieces Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Robert Venturi The Museum of Modern Art New York 1966 B & W 135 pages<b
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Scandinavian Ceramic Survey1650 - Scandinavian Ceramic Survey
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10 pieces Salto Perre Lubecker Private Print 1952 B & W/Color Softcover Very rare look into Salto's work. yellowing, wear
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 800.00 - 900.00
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Scandinavian Design Survey1651 - Scandinavian Design Survey
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3 pieces Scandinavian Modern Design 1880-1980 David Revere McFadden Cooper-Hewitt Museum/Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Washington D.C./New Yor
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Scandinavian Furniture Survey1652 - Scandinavian Furniture Survey
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12 pieces Danske Mobler (Danish Furniture): The Craftsmen Show the Way Povl Christiansen and Hakon Stephensen Snedkerlaugs Mobeludstillin
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Scandinavian Glass Survey1653 - Scandinavian Glass Survey
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6 pieces Tapio Wirkkala Venini Suomen lasimuseo 1987 B & W/Color 40 pages Softcover Fine Orrefors Glass Alastair Du
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Spiral Architectural Forum Collection1654 - Spiral Architectural Forum Collection
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20 pieces Spiral Architectural Forum Collection USA 1936-1943 Softcover Twenty issues ranging from 1936-1943. Fair. Some damage,
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Stile Industria Collection1655 - Stile Industria Collection
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17 pieces Stile Industria Collection Editoriale Domus Milano 1954-1959 B & W/Color Softcover This scarce publication highligh
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Swatch Reference Collection1656 - Swatch Reference Collection
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7 pieces Swatcher The Swatch Hand Book '92 Marco Antonetto and Marco Donnini Avritempore Edizioni Milan 1991 Color 325 pages<
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Taschen Collection1657 - Taschen Collection
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15 pieces 50s Design Taschen Germany 1993 Color 30 pages Softcover Fine Industrial design A-Z Charlotte & Peter
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Tribune Tower Competition 1658 - Tribune Tower Competition
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4 pieces Tribune Tower Competition Volume I Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York 1980 B & W 189 pages Softcover<
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Typographica Magazine Collection1659 - Typographica Magazine Collection
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32 pieces Typographica Magazine Collection, etc. Lund Humphries (and others - see notes) London 1949-1984 B & W/Color Softcover<
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Sold to oldstreetm.. for (1,000.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,200.00
 
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Typographische Monatsblatter Collection1660 - Typographische Monatsblatter Collection
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29 pieces Typographische Monatsblatter Collection Zollikofer & Co. St. Gallen, GutenbergstraBe 1950-1955 B & W/Color Softcover<b
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Typography Periodicals/Reference1661 - Typography Periodicals/Reference
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25 pieces Calendar SchriftgieBerei und Holzgeratefabrik Ludwig & Mayer Frankfurt/Main 1964 B & W/Color 12 pages Softcover
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Sold to oldstreetm.. for (475.00 + 95.00BP) = 570.00
 
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Typography Reference1662 - Typography Reference
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18 pieces 30th Annual of Advertising and Editorial Art Richard S. Chenault The New York Art Directors Club New York 1951 B & W/C
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Sold to oldstreetm.. for (275.00 + 55.00BP) = 330.00
 
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USA Pottery Survey1663 - USA Pottery Survey
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7 pieces Art Pottery of the United States Paul Evans Feingold and Lewis Publishing Corp. New York 1987 B & W/Color 446 pages<
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Sold to singeldad for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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World's Fair Survey1664 - World's Fair Survey
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2 pieces Going To The Fair: A Preview of the New York World's Fair 1939 The Sun Dial Press New York 1939 B & W 96 pages Hardc
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Wrist Watch Survey1665 - Wrist Watch Survey
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5 pieces Patek Philippe Geneve Antiquorum Editions Switzerland 1988 B & W/Color 254 pages Hardcover Very Good Rolex
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Sotheby's Catalogs1666 - Sotheby's Catalogs
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30 pieces Sotheby's Decorative Art Catalogs Sotheby's London 1975-2002 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of thrity auction cat
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Sotheby's Catalogs1667 - Sotheby's Catalogs
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17 pieces Sotheby's Catalogs of Artists, Movements and Eras Sotheby's London 1987-1993 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of se
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Sotheby's Catalogs1668 - Sotheby's Catalogs
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20 pieces Sotheby's Contemporary and 20th Century Art Catalogs Sotheby's London 1988-2000 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of
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Sold to pyramidjoh.. for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Sotheby's Catalogs1669 - Sotheby's Catalogs
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35 pieces Sotheby's Decorative Art Catalogs Sotheby's London 1975-2005 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of thirty-five auctio
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Sotheby's Catalogs1670 - Sotheby's Catalogs
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23 pieces Sotheby's Art Nouveau & Art Deco Sotheby's New York 1981-1995 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of twenty-three auct
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Sotheby's Catalogs1671 - Sotheby's Catalogs
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29 pieces Sotheby's Decorative Arts Catalogs Sotheby's London 1986-1997 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of twenty-nine aucti
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Christie's Catalogs1672 - Christie's Catalogs
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33 pieces Christie's Glass Catalogs Christie's London 1979-2003 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of thrity-three auction cata
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Christie's Catalogs1673 - Christie's Catalogs
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38 pieces Christie's Art Nouveau & Art Deco Christies London 1980-1999 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of thrity-eight aucti
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Christie's Catalogs1674 - Christie's Catalogs
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33 pieces Christie's Art Nouveau & Art Deco Christies London 1977-2000 B & W/Color Softcover Collection of thirty-three aucti
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Christie's Catalogs1675 - Christie's Catalogs
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35 pieces Christie's Modern Design + Frank Lloyd Wright Furnishings Christies London 1984-2005 B & W/Color Softcover Collecti
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