DALLAS – Significant collections illustrating the modern movement highlight the 20th Century Design Featuring Tiffany, Lalique & Art Glass Signature Auction will be presented May 25 at Heritage Auctions. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
In addition to the offerings from Art Deco expert Robert “Bobby” Gingold Jr. and Neal Prince’s meticulously curated inventory, the auction is buttressed by a comprehensive group of Gouda pottery, Kayserzinn pewter and rare Art Deco glass from the Dallas collection of Bill Leazer. The sale is then made complete with additions of Tiffany lamps and glass, French art glass from Galle, Daum and Lalique, and a fine collection of Art Deco pottery by Charles Catteau for Boch Freres.
A life-long collector of the Art Nouveau Movement in Europe, Prince was a highly respected New Yorker of Texan descent. An international interior designer, socialite and taste maker, Prince spent 74 years assembling an amazing collection containing works in a variety of media dating from 1300 B.C. to the postmodern era. This auction will include over two dozen items including four WMF Art Nouveau silver-plated green glass clarets (above; est. $1,000-$1,500) and a George Leleu Art Nouveau oil lamp with thistle motif (below; est. $800-$1,200).
New Yorker Gingold was an expert in his field and the consummate gentleman in art dealing throughout the Art Deco world. Sixty lots from Gingold’s estate, including many pieces from the Art Deco movement, highlight the caliber of design of his collection.
In addition to pieces from these two esteemed collectors the sale also features the diversity reflected in these two significant lots: the visually stunning Lalique Peacock Blue Glass Borromee Vase (est. $30,000-$40,000) and Pablo Picasso’s Pichet à Glace, 1952, (est. $10,000-$15,000), a piece from the estate of Dallas scholar and philanthropist Frederic Wiedemann, as excellent examples of the modern movement.
A wonderful collection of Charles Catteau for Boch Freres vases assembled by noted Dallas collector colorfully represent the Art Deco style with beautiful abstract decoration like three vases featuring stylized birds, a pair vases featuring a pattern displayed at the Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts of 1925, a pair of vases featuring stylized vines of blue flowers on a yellow ground and an Art Deco vase featuring pelicans in flight.
Two whimsical Martin Brother pottery lots highlight the transition to 20th-century design including a glazed stoneware double-sided face mug, (est. $1,000-$1,500) and a glazed stoneware baby bird vase, (est. $6,000-$8,000).
[av_button label=’View the fully illustrated catalog and bid on LiveAuctioneers.’ link=’manually,http://bit.ly/2pTB91E’ link_target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ position=’center’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-35abux’]
