Liz O’Brien, New YorkPrivate Midwestern collectionPhillips de Pury & Company, ‘20th-21st Century Design Art’, New York, December 12, 2001, lot 151
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK COLLECTION
1940sLeather-upholstered tubular metal, painted metal, brass (2).Each: 28 1/2 x 36 x 76 1/2 in (72.4 x 91.4 x 194.3 cm)
Estimate$15,000 - 20,000
15 June 2012 New York
1
Jean Royère
‘Croisillon’ armchair
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
2
Pair of ‘Persane’ wall lights
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
3
Rare ‘Ambassador’ sofa
Estimate $130,000 - 150,000
Sold for $212,500
4
Line Vautrin
‘Soleil Torsadé’ mirror
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,000
5
This lot is no longer available.
6
Rare chair, for a private commission, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
7
‘Croisillon’ coffee table
8
Alexandre Noll
Lidded box
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
9
Guidette Carbonell
Table lamp
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
10
Hand mirror
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
11
Pair of wall-mounted side tables
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
12
Extendable dining table and six ‘Croisillon’ dining chairs
13
Large wall light
Sold for $30,000
14
15
Pair of wall lights
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
16
Jacques Adnet
Pair of beds
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
17
André Borderie
Rare low table
Sold for $27,500
18
Serge Mouille
‘Agrafée deux rotules’ desk lamp
19
Charlotte Perriand
Rare free-form desk
Estimate $160,000 - 240,000
Sold for $194,500
20
Jean Prouvé
‘Direction’ armchair, model no. 352
Sold for $62,500
21
Set of four ceiling lights
Sold for $52,500
22
Georges Jouve
Low table
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
Sold for $80,500
23
Pair of ‘Cachan’ wall lights, for the Young Workers Housing Association, Cachan
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
24
Ercole Barovier
Rare ‘Primavera’ footed bowl
25
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
The ‘Redhead’ dressing table, model no. AR1537/NR1828, and ‘Tivo’ side chair, model no. AR29/NR57, for Margaret Hunam Harmsworth (‘Miss Redhead’)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
26
Pair of ‘Redhead’ beds, model no. AR504/NR801, for Margaret Hunam Harmsworth (‘Miss Redhead’)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
27
Wall light, model no. 3641
28
‘Bas Ducharne’ table, model no. AR1044, NR1162
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $21,250
29
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
30
Maison Desny
Bowl
31
Paul Dupré-Lafon
Valet
Sold for $25,000
32
Sofa
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $122,500
33
Jean-Michel Frank
Rare ‘Aragon’ low table, with ‘pineapple’ legs
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $242,500
34
Jean Després
Sold for $6,250
35
Side chair
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
36
In the style of August Endell
Pair of side chairs
Estimate $18,000 - 20,000
37
Floor lamp
Sold for $18,750
38
Gilbert Poillerat
Unique illuminated dining table, for a private commission, Côte d’Azur
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
39
Jean Pascaud
Desk
40
Pierre Paulin
Set of two ‘ABCD’ sofas, model numbers 262 and 263
Sold for $13,750
41
Willy Rizzo
‘Flaminia’ console, from a private commission, New York
42
Sergio Asti
‘Airone’ floor lamp
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,375
43
Maria Pergay
‘Bandes Brilliantes’ low table
44
Warren Platner
‘Executive’ desk
Sold for $15,000
45
Jacques Quinet
Six ceiling lights, from the Librairie Guibaud, Martigues
Sold for $50,000
46
Set of four goblets
47
Footed bowl
48
Pair of low chairs
Sold for $23,750
49
Console
50
Ron Arad
‘London Papardelle’
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $224,500
51
Ken Price
‘Another Culmination of the Whole Thing’
52
Mathias Bengtsson
Prototype ‘Spun Carbon’ chaise longue
Estimate $22,000 - 24,000
53
Harumi Nakashima
‘Ecstatic Series No. 6’
54
Philip Michael Wolfson
Prototype ‘Origami’ table
Sold for $8,750
55
Michael Geertsen
‘Blue standing object # 4, GEE016'
56
Ron Nagle
‘Yellow and Pink’ from the ‘Archimetric’ series
Estimate $14,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
57No Reserve
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
Unique and important ‘Casulo’ cabinet, from the Orgânicos series
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000 •
58
Martin Szekely
‘K.L.’ bed
59
Shõko Koike
Monumental shell vessel
60
Hugo França
‘Pitimbu I’ console
61
Ruth Duckworth
‘Untitled-R86’
62
Atelier Van Lieshout
‘Prick Lamp (Black, Thick)’
63
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
Set of four vases, model nos. 2663, 2664, 2665, 2666
64
‘Multidão’ armchair
65
Magdalene Odundo
‘Untitled (Cat. 28)’ vase
Sold for $40,000
66
François-Xavier Lalanne
Set of four sheep
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
Sold for $746,500
67
Tony Marsh
‘Floating and Dreaming’, from the ‘Perforated’ series
Estimate $4,000 - 5,000
68
Shiro Kuramata
Unique cabinet, from the office of Tetsu Konagaya, President of Livina Yamagiwa, Tokyo
69
Dale Chihuly
Early neon sculpture
Sold for $22,500
70
‘Steeps’
Estimate $60,000 - 90,000
Sold for $98,500
71
John Mason
‘Untitled (Torque Vessel)’
72
73
Paavo Tynell
Ceiling light, from the Stock Exchange Building, Helsinki
74
Poul Henningsen
Floor lamp with model no. PH-5/3 shade
75
Finn Juhl
76
77
Hans J. Wegner
‘Flag Halyard’ armchair, model no. GE225
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,250
78
Vilhelm Lauritzen
Pair of wall lights, from the National Broadcasting Building, Copenhagen
Sold for $3,500
79
Two sets of door handles, from the National Broadcasting Building, Copenhagen
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
80
Jørgen Juul-Møller
Set of six ‘Klismos’ side chairs
Sold for $20,000
81
Axel Einar Hjorth
‘Utö’ dining table
Sold for $74,500
82
Kaare Klint
Sideboard, model no. 4122,
83
Poul Kjærholm
‘PK 61’ coffee table
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
84
Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm
Pair of ‘Scimitar’ chairs, model no. IS63
85
Arne Jacobsen
‘Oxford’ side chair, model no. 3171
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
86
Monumental ‘double-spiral’ wall light, for the Scala Cinema and Concert Hall, Århus Theater, Århus, Denmark
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $206,500
87
Lucie Rie
Large conical bowl
88No Reserve
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $8,125
89
Tall vase
90
Vase form
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
91
George Nakashima
‘Minguren II’ coffee table
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
92
Edwin Scheier and Mary Scheier
Large bowl
93
Vladimir Kagan
‘Tri-symmetric’ side table
94
Celina Decorações
95
Monumental lidded pot
Estimate $12,000 - 16,000
96
Edward Wormley
Rare settee, model no. 4871
97
Max Ingrand
Sold for $56,250
98
Franco Campo and Carlo Graffi
‘Millepiedi’ dining table
Sold for $32,500
99
100
Set of six side chairs
101
Carlo Scarpa
Mirror
102
Franco Albini
Rare desk
Estimate $16,000 - 24,000
103
Paolo De Poli
Set of four vessels
104
Set of three vessels
105
Pair of armchairs, model no. PL 19
106
107
Vase
Sold for $4,375
108
Félix Agostini
Coffee table
109
Gianni Vigorelli
Set of eight side chairs
110
Pietro Chiesa
111
Estimate $18,000 - 24,000
112
Gio Ponti
Set of six dining chairs
113
Fontana Arte
Two vases, model nos. 2049 and 2392
114
‘Diamond’ flatware
115
Rare ‘Fiorenza’ sofa
116
Pair of large wall lights, model no. 1943
Sold for $10,625