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Frank Lloyd Wright chair claimed $52K in spectacular overperformance at ToomeyCHICAGO — A large collection of Frank Lloyd Wright furniture, china, and decor came to market at Toomey & Co. as part of its Early 20th Century Design sale March 26. One item in particular, a chair designed and built for the Dorothy H. Turkel House in Detroit, carried a modest $4,000-$6,000 estimate but ended […]
Boris Lovet-Lorski gave Art Deco a sultry shapeNEW YORK — At the height of the Art Deco era, Boris Lovet-Lorski (Lithuanian and American, 1894-1973) was one of the most celebrated sculptors working in New York City. The metropolis had already become a locus for art thanks to the 1913 Armory Show, and in the mid-1920s, it was a Mecca for Art Deco […]
Getty collection bidders snapped up everything and the washroom sink at StairHUDSON, N.Y. – For those who had not yet drunk their fill of the Ann and Gordon Getty collection, there was a chance to imbibe once last time on March 1. A day later than planned, Stair Galleries sold the final 340 lots under the poetic title A Confluence of 19th and 20th Century Design. Results […]
Carlo Bugatti furniture stole the show at Bolli & RomitiROME — In 1902, while visiting stands at the Esposizione Internationale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna in Turin, the queen of Italy congratulated Carlo Bugatti on his ‘Moresque’ style of furniture. He reportedly replied, “You are mistaken, majesty, this style is mine!” Bugatti (1856-1940) was undoubtedly a product of 19th-century European Orientalism, and his ideas were much […]