Live Auction

Design Evening

New York
ConcludedJan 13 2019
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    • 27 Lots

    1
    Line Vautrin
    "Sequins" mirror
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $72,500
    2
    Line Vautrin
    Unique "Satellite Orange" mirror
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $125,000
    3
    Jean Royère
    "Étoile" double-sided illuminated bar, from the Parachini residence, France
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    4
    Jean-Michel Frank
    Table lamp
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $175,000
    5
    Jean-Michel Frank
    Large "Block" table lamp
    Estimate
    $30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    $68,750
    6
    Jean-Michel Frank
    Large "X" table lamp
    Estimate
    $30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    $40,000
    8
    Alberto Giacometti and Jean-Michel Frank
    "Bird," mounted on box
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    9
    Jean Royère
    Rare wingback armchair
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    10
    Luigi Caccia Dominioni
    Rare table lamp
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    11
    Carlo Mollino
    Unique pair of wall-mounted bedside tables from Casa Orengo, Turin
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    12
    Gio Ponti
    Large covered vase
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    13
    Gio Ponti
    Illuminated "Parete Organizzata"
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    Article | Design

    Jean-Michel Frank's Clean Lines

    An icon of minimalist design, Jean-Michel Frank is known for combining a spartan aesthetic with sumptuous, tactile materials.

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    14
    Hans J. Wegner
    "Peacock" easy chair, model no. JH521
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $68,750
    15
    Hans J. Wegner
    "Roman" armchair
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $33,750
    16
    Eugene Schoen
    Important table from the Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Roxy Theatre at Rockefeller Center, New York
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $75,000
    17
    Luis Barragán
    Pair of stools from the Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexico City
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    18
    Ron Arad
    "Blo Void 4"
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    Sold For
    $81,250
    19
    Scott Burton
    Pair of "Perforated Metal Chairs"
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $68,750
    20
    Wendell Castle
    Unique and important "Environment for Contemplation"
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Sold For
    $312,500
    21
    Wendell Castle
    Unique "Chaise Rocker"
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $325,000
    22
    Wendell Castle
    Unique "In God We Trust" chair
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $75,000
    23
    Jun Kaneko
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    24
    Harry Bertoia
    Monumental "Sonambient" sounding sculpture
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $125,000
    26
    R. W. Martin & Brothers
    Exceptional and monumental mantel clock case
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Article | Design

    Eugene Schoen and America's Industrial Modernism

    Our New York specialists review one of Eugene Schoen's most important pieces, a table that was originally intended for the ladies' powder room in the RKO Roxy Theatre in Manhattan.

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    27
    R. W. Martin & Brothers
    Massive mendiculus aquatic bird jar and cover
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold
    28
    R. W. Martin & Brothers
    Sir Edward George Clarke QC caricatured as a tall distinguished fantastical bird jar and cover
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $175,000
    29
    R. W. Martin & Brothers
    Colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Article | Design

    In the Zone: Wendell Castle's Environment for Contemplation

    Glenn Adamson, Senior Research Scholar at the Yale Center for British Art, takes a look at a unique design suggesting a primordial cavern—translated into a contemporary idiom.

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    Article | Design

    The Diversity and Intensity of the Martin Brothers

    Author and historian Malcolm Haslam shares the common threads running through four uncommonly witty masterworks from the Martin Brothers.

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