Artur Van Riggle, Harry Bertoia, Paul Evans, and other design greats charmed bidders at Rago

1902 Despondency vase by Artus Van Briggle for Van Briggle Pottery, which sold for $104,800 with buyer’s premium at Rago.

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Back-to-back design sales in mid-January at Rago delivered typically strong results. Early 20th Century Design, held on January 18, posted high numbers for ceramics, while Modern Design, which took place January 19, saw triumphs for furniture and sculpture. Both sales were presented via LiveAuctioneers.

The crowning glory of the January 18 sale proved to be a 1902 Despondency vase, made by Artus Van Briggle for his self-named pottery firm. Estimated at $20,000-$30,000, it hammered for $80,000 and achieved a staggering $104,800 with buyer’s premium. The vase dated to soon after Van Briggle established his pottery in Colorado Springs in 1901, a location he chose in hopes it would ease his tuberculosis. Sadly, he would succumb to the disease in July 1904, at only 35 years old. The Despondency vase, possibly influenced by Rodin figures Van Briggle would have seen when studying in Paris in the late 1890s, is a coveted form of his. An example is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A 1901 piece by Anna Marie Valentien for Rookwood Pottery also handily beat its $4,500-$6,500 estimate. The large, yellow-beige modeled matte vase that featured the figure of a young woman clinging to one side hammered for $26,000 and sold for $34,060 with buyer’s premium. In addition, a circa-1920 Dinanderie vase by Jean Dunand charmed bidders, hammering for $21,000 and selling for $27,510 with buyer’s premium against an estimate of $7,000-$10,000.

Earning top-lot status in the January 19 auction was a circa-1968 bronze by Harry Bertoia, dubbed Untitled (Bush Form) and estimated at $50,000-$70,000. Bidders evidently liked that it had been in the same collection since it was made and that it is listed in the Harry Bertoia catalogue raisonné, because it rose to a hammer price of $100,000 and sold for $131,000 with buyer’s premium.

Another clear winner was a lot consisting of an armless sofa and matching chairs in teak, created in the 1950s by Pierre Jeanneret for Punjab University in Chandigarh, India. Estimated at $40,000-$50,000, the group hammered for $65,000 and sold for $85,150 with buyer’s premium.

Paul Evans is a perennial favorite at Rago; more than two dozen pieces by the New Hope, Pennsylvania furniture artist appeared in the January 19 lineup. A circa-1968 loop cabinet with a pleasing green-patinated copper exterior romped past its $12,000-$16,000 estimate to hammer for $60,000 and sell for $78,600 with buyer’s premium.

Wonder-filled, whimsical works by great design names reign at Heritage Nov. 7

Claude Lalanne, ‘Pomme Bouche,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000 at Heritage Auctions.

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DALLAS – Three Harry Bertoia works, all of which have been added to the artist’s catalogue raisonné, will be offered at Heritage Auctions’ next Design sale, which is scheduled for Tuesday, November 7. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Among the pieces by Bertoia (1915-1978) are a circa-1965 Untitled (Bush Form) bronze sculpture, estimated at $30,000-$40,000; a highly vertical circa-1969 untitled screen-like work in brass-coated steel, estimated at $60,000-$80,000; and a circa-1969 untitled beryllium copper on brass plate Sonambient piece that resembles a stand of cat-o-nine tails, estimated at $25,000-$35,000.

“Drawn from private collections, the three Harry Bertoia works featured in our upcoming auction demonstrate the sculptor’s diverse body of work,” said Heritage’s Director of Decorative Art and Design, Samantha Robinson, adding, “The dynamic interplay between forms and the negative spaces within them is on full display.”

No fewer than 16 pieces by the legendary glass artist Dale Chihuly (b. 1941-) will be on offer, including four of his chandeliers and a pair of cobalt blue and clear sconces, created in 1997 and estimated at $40,000-$60,000.

Other highlights in the November 7 sale lineup include the gilt-bronze showstopper Pomme Bouche (Apple Mouth) by celebrated French sculptor Claude Lalanne (1924-2019), estimated at $30,000-$50,000. Designed in 1975 and executed in 1980, the piece embodies her surrealistic and unexpected impulses, and it is sculpted exactly as it is named: A set of silent bronze lips jut from the surface of a bronze apple.

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Claude Lalanne, ‘Pomme Bouche,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000 at Heritage Auctions.
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Harry Bertoia, ‘Untitled (Bush Form),’ estimated at $30,000-$40,000 at Heritage Auctions.
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Dale Chihuly cobalt blue and clear blown glass sconce installation, estimated at $40,000-$60,000 at Heritage Auctions.
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Art Deco radio collection featured in Heritage’s June 6 Design sale

Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com
Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com
Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS – On Tuesday, June 6, Heritage Auctions presents an outstanding collection of design and technology history in its Design Signature® Auction. The event is packed with contemporary glass, Japanese ceramics, furniture and a standout selection of Art Deco radios from an important New York collection. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Herman Miller re-releases 1970s Alexander Girard graphics as posters

Herman Miller is reintroducing eight of mid-century designer Alexander Girard's Environmental Enrichment Panel graphics from the 1970s as posters suitable for home interiors. Image courtesy of Herman Miller
Herman Miller is reintroducing eight of mid-century designer Alexander Girard’s Environmental Enrichment Panel graphics from the 1970s as posters suitable for home interiors. Image courtesy of Herman Miller

ZEELAND, Mich. – It would be impossible to discuss mid-century design without Alexander Girard (American, 1907-1993). From upholstery to wallpaper, and restaurant interiors to branding for an international airline, Girard’s catalog raisonne was profoundly diverse, and his personal aesthetic — joyful, optimistic, brimming with unusual combinations of color — became indistinguishable from Herman Miller’s when Girard became the founding director of the company’s textile division in 1952. During his 20-plus year tenure, Girard introduced more than 300 textiles, thoughtful objects and furniture, including the genre-defining Environmental Enrichment Panels included in Herman Miller’s Action Office series. To celebrate Girard’s continued legacy and significance to the design community, Herman Miller is reintroducing a series of Girard’s Environmental Enrichment Panel graphics as posters — a format ideal for placement in the modern home.

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Heritage ‘Pursuit of Beauty’ design series tallies $2M

Tiffany Studios arrowroot lamp with cattail base, $212,500. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
Left, Tiffany Studios arrowroot lamp with cattail base, $212,500; Right, George Nakashima 1964 Frenchman’s Cove II dining table, $38,750. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions
Left, Tiffany Studios arrowroot lamp with cattail base, $212,500; Right, George Nakashima 1964 Frenchman’s Cove II dining table, $38,750. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions events held one week apart brought in nearly $2 million and proved the enduring appeal of early- and mid-20th-century design by American artists and designers, as well as works by their international peers, and continued the super-charged trend for enhancing our homes. Collector favorites Tiffany Studios, Harry Bertoia and George Nakashima topped the sales.

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Two-day Doyle+Design auction brings healthy $1.6M

Carved Sapele cabinet by Alexandre Noll, $44,100
Carved Sapele cabinet by Alexandre Noll, $44,100

NEW YORK – On December 7 and 8, Doyle held a successful two-day sale in the popular Doyle+Design auction category. This highly anticipated sale showcased a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, silver and design by prominent designers, makers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Amid competitive bidding, the two-day sale totaled a successful $1,665,383, surpassing the estimate of $1,056,600-1,635,200 with 88% sold by lot and 100% sold by value.Continue reading

Kamelot Auctions delivers fabulous furniture, Oct. 26-27

One of a pair of sycamore Art Deco club chairs, estimated at $1,000-$1,800
Pair of sycamore Art Deco club chairs, estimated at $1,000-$1,800
Pair of sycamore Art Deco club chairs, estimated at $1,000-$1,800

PHILADELPHIA – Kamelot Auctions will hold back-to-back sales in late October, kicking off on Wednesday, October 26 with Design | French | Italian | American and continuing on Thursday October 27 with Interiors: Art Deco and Chic Furniture. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Nakashima, Tiffany and Picasso share the stage at Freeman’s, Oct. 25-26

Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000
Left, George Nakashima Minguren I coffee table, estimated at $150,000-$250,000; right, Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000
Left, George Nakashima Minguren I coffee table, estimated at $150,000-$250,000; right, Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000

PHILADELPHIA — In back-to-back auctions this month, Freeman’s presents a distinguished collection of 20th-century furniture and design and modern and contemporary painting, sculpture and works on paper by the likes of George Nakashima, Pablo Picasso, Tiffany Studios, Roy Lichtenstein and Lynn Chadwick.
Modern and Contemporary Art, taking place at 11 am Eastern time on Tuesday, October 25, is led by Pablo Picasso’s Tete d’Homme Barbu, a playful, imaginative drawing from the artist’s recovery from surgery in the South of France in 1966; it is estimated at $80,000-$120,000. Design, which will be held at 11 am Eastern time on Wednesday, October 26, features the sale of three extraordinary Tiffany Studios windows from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Meriden, Connecticut, including a Passionflower, Iris, and Mock Orange landscape window offered at an estimate of $200,000-$300,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Dynamic studio glass grabs attention at Heritage, Sept. 29

Laura Donefer, ‘Amulet Basket,’ estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
Laura Donefer, ‘Amulet Basket,’ estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Laura Donefer, ‘Amulet Basket,’ estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Courtesy Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – Rare is the contemporary art movement that evolves and innovates as nimbly as studio glass. Given the medium’s roots in historic Venetian practices, today’s glass artists in America and beyond continue to forge breathtaking new methods and aesthetics in this dynamic material. In its Thursday, September 29 Design Signature® Auction, Heritage Auctions offers a rich collection of contemporary studio glass works by more than 140 artists. These are emergent superstars and the industry’s most celebrated artists who mentored them. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Doyle assembles powerful lineup for June 8 Design auction

George Nakashima walnut credenza, est. $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Doyle New York and LiveAuctioneers
George Nakashima walnut credenza, est. $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Doyle New York and LiveAuctioneers

George Nakashima walnut credenza, est. $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Doyle New York and LiveAuctioneers

NEW YORK – On Wednesday, June 8, starting at 10 am Eastern time, Doyle will host the next sale in the popular Doyle+Design auction category. This highly-anticipated sale showcases a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, art and design by prominent designers, makers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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