Private Collection, Japan
1987Stoneware, iron slip and natural ash glaze.21 5/8 in. (55 cm) highImpressed with artist’s seal, signature and incised with date.
Estimate$6,500 - 8,500
Sold for $8,750
13 Dec 2007, 2pm New York
1
Willi Baumeister
"Die Wohnung” poster
Estimate $18,000 - 20,000
2
Koloman Moser
Hanging light
Estimate $12,000 - 14,000
Sold for $18,750
3
Josef Hoffmann
Centerpiece
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
4
Raymond Subes
Rare pair of gates
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $27,400
5
Jean Puiforcat
Prototype fork and knife
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
6
René Prou
Low table
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
7
Diminutive vase
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
8
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Rare and important armchair
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
9
Jean Després
Important ring
Estimate $25,000 - 30,000
Sold for $67,000
10
Jean-Michel Frank
Rare armchair
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $73,000
11
Four-piece coffee and tea service
12
Marcel-Louis Baugniet
Armchair
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
13
Pierre Chareau
Cupboard, model no. MA 371
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $229,000
14
Stool
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
15
Jacques Quinet
Pair of door handles
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
16
Estimate $5,500 - 6,500
17
René Herbst
“Sandows” deck chair
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
18
Rare set of four ceiling lights, model no. 2105
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $49,000
19
Side table, from the apartment of René Herbst, 4 rue Chateaubriand, Paris, France
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $34,600
20
Boris Jean Lacroix
Covered box
21
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
“Basculant” chair, model no. B 301
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
22
Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack
“Bauhauspostkarte 15” postcard
23
Lyonel Feininger
"Stadt” postcard
24
Marcel Breuer
Rare room divider/bookshelf
25
Gerald Summers
Set of four side chairs
26
Set of three nesting tables
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
27
Charles Eames and Ray Eames
Early and rare “DTW-1” dining table
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
28
Attributed to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
29
Lucie Rie
Early pot
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $3,500
30
Important early pot
Sold for $5,625
31
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Two rare and important lounge chairs, model nos. MR30 and MR40
32
Unique console, from Lady''s Bedroom in a Ground Floor Apartment, the Building Exhibition, Berlin
Sold for $115,000
33
Anton Lorenz
Lounge chair, model no. KS46
34
Marianne Brandt
Matchbox
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,125
35
Unknown Designer
Ceiling light
Sold for $6,000
36
Poul Henningsen
“PH 4/3” table lamp
Sold for $13,750
37
Six ceiling lights
Sold for $31,000
38
Frank Lloyd Wright
“Executive” armchair, from the Harold C. Price Co. Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Sold for $12,500
39
William Lescaze
Sculpture
40
Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer
Ten sets of door handles with lock plates
41
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Pair of “Crate” lounge chairs and “Crate” coffee table
Sold for $20,000
42
Joaquín Torres-García
Rare hand-painted box with Dominoes
Sold for $58,600
43
C. F. Otto Müller
“Megaphos” table lamp
Sold for $15,000
44
Rare pair of “Barcelona” chairs
45
George Nakashima
Fine coffee table
46
Izuru Yamamoto
Incense burner, Bizen ware
Sold for $1,250
47
Set of 12 grass-seated side chairs
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $85,000
48
Harry Bertoia
Single-row “Sonambient” sculpture
49
Fine dresser
50
Wall-mounted cabinet
51
“Minguren I” console
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
52
Shoji Hamada
Large bowl
Estimate $60,000 - 90,000
53
Sueharu Fukami
“Kiyoki no omoi 1” (Pure Thought 1)
54
Fine free-edge "Slab" coffee table
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
55
Important single-rod “Sonambient” sculpture
56
Pair of spindle-back lounge chairs
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
57
Spindle-back settee
58
Trestle dining table
59
Kimiaki Takeuchi
Large dish
60
Set of four grass-seated stools
61
Extremely rare “Sonambient” sculpture
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $75,400
62
Rupert Spira
Open bowl
Sold for $6,875
63
Free-edge trestle dining table
64
Ruth Duckworth
Untitled sculpture
Estimate $16,000 - 24,000
Sold for $22,500
65
Free-edge double pedestal desk
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $91,000
66
Group of ten 'Melt Coated' sculptural panels
67
“Q” bench
Sold for $25,000
68
Carlos Motta
Fine desk
69
Vladimir Kagan
“Contour” armchair
Estimate $9,000 - 12,000
70
Isamu Noguchi
Rocking stool, model no. 86T
71
Ole Wanscher
Fine pair of “Colonial” armchairs, model no. PJ 149
72
Osamu Suzuki
Five sculptural forms, "Amano Fume" (Sky Boat), "Kaze no Hyoshiki" (Wind Sign), "Arare" (Hail), "Kamo uchi" (Duck Hunting) and "Sakyu" (Sand Hill)
Sold for $5,500
73
“Kaikei III” (Seascape III)
Sold for $5,250
74
Jean Royère
“Ours Polaire” sofa
75
Fine and rare pair of eight-arm “Persane” sconces
76
Hans Coper
Important “Cycladic” arrow form
Sold for $37,000
77
Pair of wall-mounted cabinets
Sold for $39,400
78
Pedro Friedeberg
Clock
79
Desk lamp
80
Rare diminutive “Tour Eiffel” coffee table
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $55,000
81
André Bloc
Rare free-form ‘Boomerang’ desk and “Bellevue” chair
Estimate $100,000 - 120,000
82
“Gnogo” (Noble Lady)
Estimate $6,500 - 8,500
83
“Hanayagu tori” (Flamboyant Bird)
Estimate $14,000 - 18,000
84
Lina Bo Bardi
Rare large "Bowl" chair
Estimate $45,000 - 50,000
85
André Dubreuil and Bill Amberg
Unique desk
86
Fred Brouard
Seven-branch candelabrum
87
Side table
88
John Dickinson
“African” table, model no. 101
89
Nanda Vigo
Pair of “Due Più” chairs
90
Catherine Noll
Important necklace
91
Cuff and necklace
92
Necklace
93
Large “Ruban” coffee table
94
Georges Jouve
Fine pair of “Toupie” wall sconces
Sold for $61,000
95
Large composite form
96
Joaquim Tenreiro
Rare and important “Cruz de Alfaiate” table and nine armchairs
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
97
Set of two bracelets and one cuff
Estimate $3,500 - 4,500
98
Coffee table
Sold for $17,500
99
Handled vessel
100
Alexandre Noll
Shallow bowl
101
Globular jar
Estimate $9,000 - 14,000
102
Sofa with integrated illuminated tables
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
103
André Sornay
Pair of lounge chairs
Sold for $11,875
104
Pair of “Tour Eiffel” panels
105
Jacques Adnet
Rocking chair
106
Large table lamp
107
Small gueridon
Sold for $6,250
108
Gio Ponti
Coffee table, from the RAI Headquarters, Milan, Italy
Sold for $46,600
109
Fontana Arte
110
Unique sofa
Estimate $22,000 - 26,000
111
Félix Agostini
Pair of wall sconces
Estimate $14,000 - 16,000
112
Console
Sold for $29,800
113
“Zodiaco” chandelier
114
Piero Fornasetti
“Tulipani Su Geometrico” dinette table
115
Max Ingrand
Rare “Organo” chandelier
Sold for $23,750
116
Carlo Alberto Bordogna and Piero Fornasetti
Unique "Cittá di Carte" modular bookcase
117
“Scaletta” and “Grattacieli del Rinascimento” patterned four-panel folding screen
118
Gino Sarfatti
Hanging light, model no. 2044
119
120
“Fiori E Cammei” mirror
Estimate $9,000 - 11,000
121
Floor lamp
Estimate $10,000 - 12,000
122
Attributed to Ico and Luisa Parisi
Corner console
Estimate $10,000 - 14,000
123
Arteluce
Rare floor lamp
124
125
Table lamp, model no. 593
126
Osvaldo Borsani
Coat rack, model no. AT16
127
Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti
“Gioielli” magazine rack
128
Pair of armchairs, from the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome, Italy
Estimate $24,000 - 28,000
129
“Diamond” flatware service
130
This lot is no longer available.
131
Pair of wall lights, model no. 2135
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
132
Tito Varisco
Rare five-piece dinette suite
133
Lounge chair
Estimate $15,000 - 18,000
134
Rare table lamp
135
Carlo Mollino
Table and four side chairs, from the Casa del Sole Apartments, Cervinia, Italy
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $193,000
136
137
Mirror
138
Vanity mirror and three candlesticks
Sold for $10,625
139
Luisa Parisi and Ico Parisi
Dining table
Estimate $40,000 - 45,000
140
Rare ceiling light, model no 2072
Estimate $22,000 - 30,000
141
Maison René Boivin
Two interlocking rings
Estimate $12,000 - 16,000
142
"Gemme di Cristallo" chandelier, model no. 2126
143
Pair of wall lights, model no. 1638
Sold for $9,375
144
Paolo Buffa
Two-piece cabinet
145
Extremely rare side table, from Casa B., Milan, Italy
146
Vittorio Valabrega
Pair of armchairs
147
Carlo Scarpa
Fine “Mezza filigrana” vase
Estimate $24,000 - 26,000
148
Bench
149
Mathieu Matégot
“Nagasaki” chair
150
Table lamp
151
152
Rare “Kimono” chair
153
Charlotte Perriand
Rectangular occasional table
Estimate $35,000 - 40,000
154
Serge Mouille
”Antony” table lamp
155
156
Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm
Set of four “Bird” chairs, model no. FK 6725
157
Louis Sognot
158
Jean Prouvé
Two “Visiteur” lounge chairs
Sold for $63,400
159
Set of four rare adjustable ceiling lights
160
Cupboard with fold-out desk
161
Double bed
162
Low coffee table
163
Pair of “Petites Saturnes” wall lights
164
Pair of “Bird” lounge chairs, model no. FK 6725
165
“Mexique” bookcase, from the Maison du Mexique, Cité Universitaire de Paris, France
Sold for $133,000
166
Early armchair, model no. 21
167
“Présidence” desk
Sold for $217,000
168
Set of eight side chairs, from the Doron Hotel Restaurant, Meribel Les Allues, France
169
Jean Cocteau
Rare triple level server
Sold for $875
170
Roger Capron
171
Exceptional five-arm wall light
Estimate $110,000 - 150,000
172
Three-arm ceiling light
Sold for $51,400
173
Executive desk
Estimate $16,000 - 18,000
174
Rare coffee table
175
Rare pair of lounge chairs
176
177
Two-arm ceiling light
178
Tapio Wirkkala
“Hopeakuu” necklace
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
179
Ado Chale
Rare large table
Sold for $109,000
180
Estimate $42,000 - 48,000
181
Maria Pergay
Rare and important table, designed for Claude de Muzac
Estimate $200,000 - 250,000
182
Oscar Niemeyer
Drawing of a landscape, Brasilia, Brazil
183
Dinette table
184
Drawing of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
185
James Rivière
“Cubo di Teo - Struttura Evoluzione Ritmo Zig Zag” table lamp
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
186
Fulvio Bianconi
Rare vase
187
188
189
190
Coffee table with inset top
191
Angelo Lelii
“Murrine” wall light
192
Philippe Jean
Pair of two-panel folding screens
193
Jacques Mizrahi
“Tertiaire” floor lamp
194
Thomas Stearns
“Incalmo” vase
195
Angelo Mangiarotti
Rare “Loico” console
196
Prototype vase
197
Sold for $4,000
198
Very rare vase
Sold for $7,500
199
Prototype double-sided rectangular vase
200
Prototype “Eccentrico” table
Sold for $32,200
201
Angelo Cortesi and Sergio Chiappa-Catto
“Angolo” floor lamp
202
Pair of “Clizia” chairs with surrounding tile installation
203
Michel Boyer
204
Drawing of the Pantheon, Brasilia, Brazil
Estimate $18,000 - 24,000
205
Working prototype low coffee table from the editioned series for the firm Móvies Teperman Ltda., Brazil
206
“Rio” rocking chaise longue
207
Unique dining table, from the Armstrong Rubber Company Headquarters, New Haven, Connecticut
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $121,000
208
Centro Ricerche Arte Industria Lissone
“Cubo di Teo” floor lamp
209
Claudio Salocchi
"Tulpa” table lamp
210
Maison Jansen
211
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
"Flavia" monumental set of five totems
Estimate $70,000 - 80,000
Sold for $97,000
212
Office for Metropolitan Architecture / Rem Koolhaas with Stefano di Martino, Jeroen Thomas, Kees Christiaanse and Gerard Comello
"Slab Tower and Tower Bridge, Rotterdam, Netherlands" architectural prints
213
Rare "Loico" bookcase
214
“Eros” console
215
Gianni Celada for Fontana Arte
“Carciofo” ceiling light
216
Studio Tetrarch
“Tovaglia” table
217
Rare one-arm “Banquet” daybed
Sold for $421,000
218
Claude de Muzac
Bookstand
219
Pirro Cuniberti
“PR” floor lamp
220
Gianemilio Piero and Anna Monti for Fontana Arte
Pair of “Diaframma” wall lights
Sold for $8,125
221
Studio Reggiani
Rare wall light
222
Bobo Piccoli for Fontana Arte
“Regina” and “Re” lamps
223
224
Andreas Christen
Rare stackable double bed
225
Frank Gehry
Extremely rare monumental illuminated conference table, for the temporary offices of Chiat/Day Advertising Co., Venice, California
Estimate $180,000 - 200,000
Sold for $169,000
226
Office for Metropolitan Architecture / Rem Koolhaas with Elia Zenghelis, Kees Christiaanse, Stefano di Martino, Ruurd Roorda, Ron Steiner and Alex Wall
“Parc de la Villette” architectural print
227
Gaetano Pesce
Set of four “Canovacci” lights
228
Sold for $4,375
229
Floor lamp, model no. 1094
230
Rare “Rusolo” ceiling light
231
Shiro Kuramata
Three-legged chair
232
Ali Tayar
“Calder’s Table"
233
Tokujin Yoshioka
“Honey Pop” chair
Sold for $11,250
234
Patrick Jouin
Prototype "C1" chair from the Solid Series
235
Mathias Bengtsson
Early developmental “Slice” chair
236
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
“Sushi IV” chair
237
Casimir
“Schaal No. 2” low coffee table
238
Maarten Van Severen
“CK 94 Copyright” bookcase
239
Dining table, model no. ST93
240
Pair of “LC93B” lounge chairs
241
Joanna Constantinidis
Three “Angled Leaning Pots"
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
242
Pair of “CN˚II” chairs
243
Ron Arad
"D" sofa
Sold for $409,000
244
Cuff and pair of earrings
245
Martin Smith
“Specific Objects No. 2"
246
Albert Paley
Table
247
Akiyama Yô
"Chishitsu Jidai" (Geological Age)
248
Wall-mounted sculptural form
249
“Sonia Diniz” chair
Sold for $145,000
250
Andrew Grima
Fine bracelet
Estimate $38,000 - 42,000
251
“Sushi” sofa
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $253,000
252
“All Light Long” table
253
Claudi Casanovas
“Amphora"
254
"Papel" chair
255
Julian Opie
“Tube Station” sofa
256
Donald Judd
"Chair #84/85," style no. 7
257
"Chair #84/85," style no. 8
258
Rachel Whiteread
"Daybed"
259
Martin Szekely
One prototype and two “P.P.C.” tables
Estimate $110,000 - 120,000
260
George Nelson
“Marshmallow” sofa
261
Piet Stockmans
“Packaging Glass 3"
262
Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
"Selinonte" cabinet
263
Mattia Bonetti
“Le Trone Roulant,” from the operatic production “Lucio Silla,” Lausanne, Switzerland
264
Six arrows, from the operatic production “Lucio Silla,” Lausanne, Switzerland
Estimate $5,000 - 10,000
265
“Le Trone de Dictateur,” from the operatic production “Lucio Silla,” Lausanne, Switzerland
266
Mirror with integrated shelf and three vessels, from the operatic production “Lucio Silla,” Lausanne, Switzerland
267
“Chaise à Porteur” and “Arc de Triomphe,” from the operatic production “Lucio Silla,” Lausanne, Switzerland
268
Marc Newson
“Super Guppy” floor lamp
Estimate $12,000 - 20,000
Sold for $43,000
269
"Embryo" chair
270
Pair of “Embryo” chairs
271
Nicholas Rena
“Thanksgiving” jug form
Estimate $4,500 - 6,000
272
Jeff Zimmerman
Set of ten hanging lights
273
“Multidao” chair