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Modern + Contemporary Design and Books of Art + Design

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

Auction Details

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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Pattern Painting Monographs1493Pattern Painting Monographs
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5 pieces Herbib the Plastic Alphabet Galerie Denise Rene New York 1973 B & W/Color 20 + pages Softcover As New Karl
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
Phaidon Soft Cover Collection1494Phaidon Soft Cover Collection
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7 pieces Jeff Wall Phaidon Press Limited London 1996 B & W/Color 160 pages Softcover DJ Fine Ilya Kabakov Pha
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
Photography Monographs I1495Photography Monographs I
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10 pieces Common Sense Dewi Lewis Publishing Stockport, England 1999 Color Hardcover Fine Common Sense Dewi Lewis P
Estimate : 125.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
Photography Monographs II1496Photography Monographs II
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16 pieces Bern Porter: SEe(MAN)TIC Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse University Syracuse 1994 B & W 31 pages S
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to grosvenor843 for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
Photography Monographs III1497Photography Monographs III
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14 pieces Male Pattern Baldness Art & Public Geneva, Milan 1994 B & W 57 pages Hardcover Near Fine Cindy Sherman Ph
Estimate : 300.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
Photography Monographs IV1498Photography Monographs IV
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7 pieces Yuri Marder The Exile Project Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery Syracuse University Syracuse 1995 Color Softcover<
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
Photography Monographs V1499Photography Monographs V
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9 pieces Robert Mapplethorpe Frankfurter Kunstverein Frankfurt 1981 B & W Softcover Very Good Visions in Motion - Lasz
Estimate : 175.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
Photography Monographs VI1500Photography Monographs VI
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11 pieces Sophie Calle Fred Hoffman Gallery Santa Monica 1989 B & W 60 pages Softcover Fine Bruce Gilden Haiti-Drea
Estimate : 275.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
Photography Monographs VII1501Photography Monographs VII
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10 pieces John Gossage: Berlin in the Time of the Wall Loosetrife Editions Chicago 2004 B & W 30 + pages Softcover As New<
Estimate : 175.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 88.00
Photography Survey I1502Photography Survey I
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11 pieces In the Last Hour: Sandy Skoglund - Photographs and Sculpture 1979-1992 The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, the University of Oklahom
Estimate : 350.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
Photography Survey II1503Photography Survey II
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18 pieces Identities: Contemporary Portraiture New Jersey Center for Visual Arts New Jersey 2001 B & W/Color 24 pages Softcov
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 125.00
Photography Survey III1504Photography Survey III
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9 pieces Pre-Raphaelite Photography Graham Ovenden Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press London/ New York 1972 B & W 84 pages<b
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
Photography Survey IV1505Photography Survey IV
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17 pieces Vivid: Intense Images by American Photographers Victoria Espy Burns Federico Motta Editore Milan 1993 B & W/Color 8
Estimate : 175.00 - 200.00
Sold to photobooklyn for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
Photography Survey V1506Photography Survey V
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9 pieces Richard Misrach Grapestake Gallery San Francisco 1979 B & W 55 pages Softcover Fine Peter Campus: Selected
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to mda559 for (175.00 + 35.00BP) = 210.00
Photography Survey VI1507Photography Survey VI
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17 pieces The Insistent Object: Photographs 1845-1986 Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco 1987 B & W Softcover DJ Fine P
Estimate : 350.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 275.00
Pop Art Survey1508Pop Art Survey
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11 pieces Jeff Koons Galerie Jerome de Noirmont Paris 1997 Color 50+ pages Softcover Fine Contemporary Images No
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 175.00
Posters Survey1509Posters Survey
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10 pieces Private Collections Guernsey-S New York 1988 B & W Softcover Very Good Private Collections Guernsey-S
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 125.00
Print Making Survey1510Print Making Survey
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12 pieces Selected Prints Multiples Marco Noire Arte Contemporanea Turin Color Softcover Spiral binding. Very Good <br
Estimate : 175.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 125.00
Sculpture Monographs I1511Sculpture Monographs I
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15 pieces Rona Pondick Beds The Sculpture Center New York 1988 B & W 5 pages Softcover Fine David Mach - Towards a
Estimate : 150.00 - 175.00
Sold to floor for 75.00
Sculpture Monographs II1512Sculpture Monographs II
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7 pieces Alan Saret: Matter Into Aether Newport Harbor Art Museum Newport Beach, CA 1982 B & W/Color 108 pages Softcover F
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00