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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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Exposition Paris 19251573Exposition 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<
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 175.00
Form Magazine Collection1574Form Magazine Collection
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8 pieces Form Magazine Collection Gregor Paulsson Svenska Slojdforeningens Tidskrift Stockholm 1934 B & W 35 pages Softcov
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to ssscholz for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
Frank Gehry Monographs1575Frank 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
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 150.00
Frank Lloyd Wright Monographs1576Frank 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
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 850.00
French Glass Survey1577French 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
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 500.00
French Modernism Monographs1578French 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
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
Furniture by Architects Survey1579Furniture 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
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
GA Architecture Building Monographs1580GA 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
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
Gaetano Pesce Monographs1581Gaetano 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
Estimate : 300.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
Gio Ponti Monographs1582Gio 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<
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
Glass Survey I1583Glass Survey I
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10 pieces Glass 1959 Carnegie Institute Pittsburg 1959 B & W 329 pages Softcover Water damage. Good Internation
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
Glass Survey II1584Glass Survey II
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9 pieces Contemporary Glass Virginia and North Carolina Artists Nancy O. Merrill Chrysler Museum at Norfolk Norfolk, VA 1979 B &
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
Graphic Design Survey I1585Graphic Design Survey I
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7 pieces Graphics Handbook Ken Garland Studio Vista/Reinhold Publishing Corporation London/New York 1966 B & W 96 pages So
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
Halle fur Neue Kunst Collection1586Halle fur Neue Kunst Collection
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4 pieces InK. Halle Fur internationale neue Kunst. Limmatstrasse 87, CH-8031 Zurich/ Information InK. Halle Fur internationale neue Kunst<br
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
Hans Coper & Lucie Rie Monographs1587Hans Coper & Lucie Rie Monographs
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5 pieces Lucie Rie Tony Birks Chilton Trade Book Publishing Radnor, PA 1987 B & W/Color 224 pages Hardcover DJ Fine<
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 175.00
Herbert Bayer World Atlas1588Herbert Bayer World Atlas
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1 piece World Geo-Graphic Atlas Herbert Bayer Container Corporation of America Chicago 1953 B & W/Color 368 pages Hardcove
Estimate : 275.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
Industrial Design Collection I1589Industrial Design Collection I
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16 pieces Industrial Design William K. Murray New York 1973-1993 B & W/Color 94 pages Softcover Sixteen issues of the pro
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to oldstreetm.. for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
Industrial Design Collection II1590Industrial Design Collection II
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32 pieces Industrial Design Collection Douglas G. Meldrum et al. Whitney Publications, Inc. New York 1957-1961 B & W/Color 10
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to oldstreetm.. for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
Industrial Design/Civil Architecture Su1591Industrial Design/Civil Architecture Su
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13 pieces Art and Industry Herbert Read Horizon Press New York 1954 B & W 237 pages Hardcover Near Fine Architec
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
Innen Dekoration Collection1592Innen Dekoration Collection
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12 pieces Innen-Dekoration 1-1932 Alexander Koch Darmstadt Germany 1932 B & W/Color 232 pages Hardcover wear, yellowing
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 400.00