Auction Details
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) presents:
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Modern Design & Fine Art Auction featuring an important collection of furniture by R.M. Schindler
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When: SUNDAY, December 3, 2006 @ 12:00 p.m.
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Featuring:
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The sale will feature over 30 items designed by Schindler from 1927 to 1947 – and considered the largest and most comprehensive survey of his works to ever appear on the market. LAMA is pleased to announce a special stand-alone catalogue featuring these Schindler works.
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In addition the sale will feature a special section dedicated to “California Design” which includes works by Jan de Swart, Milo Baughman, Architectural Pottery, and of course Charles Eames, to name a few.
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The sale counts in at 400 lots of Modern Design and Fine Art and top examples include:
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• Fine Art by California Modernists (Roland Petersen, Stanton MacDonald Wright, De Wayne Valentine, Billy Al Bengston, Laddie John Dill, Jan de Swart, and Stanley Hayter). Ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 <Br>
• Rare enameled works by Gio Ponti & Paolo de Poli (Total estimates $26,000-35,000) <Br>
• Large selection of Architectural Pottery and other California Studio Ceramics (Ranging from $800 to $3,000) <Br>
• Important “Rudder” table by Isamu Noguchi (Est $10,000-12,000) <Br>
• Unique prototype lounge chair by Karim Rashid (Est $3,000-5,000) <Br>
• Handcrafted furniture by George Nakashima and Sam Maloof (Ranging from $3,000 to 20,000) <Br>
• Rare and very whimsical “Golliwog” plant stands by Estelle & Erwine Laverne (Total estimates $3,000-5,000) <Br>
• Unique R.M. Schindler furniture designed for the Sachs Apartment (1927) and the Gingold Commissions (1945-1947). (Ranging from $2,000 to $40,000). <Br>
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