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Important Design

12 December 2018 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

SALE TOTAL

11,545,000USD
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  • CLAUDE LALANNE
    A Unique Pair of “Végétale” Mirrors, 1986
    Lot Sold 645,000 USD

  • HARRY BERTOIA
    Untitled (Monumental Wire Construction), circa 1965
    Lot Sold 675,000 USD

  • ARCHIBALD KNOX
    A Rare “Magnus” Cymric Clock, Model No. 5024, 1903
    Lot Sold 65,000 USD

  • FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
    A Pair of Important Tall-Back Spindle Chair from the Warren Hickox House, Kankakee, Illinois, circa 1900
    Lot 155 Sold 150,000 USD
    Lot 156 Sold 150,000 USD

  • JEAN DUNAND
    Dinanderie Vases
    Lot 194 Sold 68,750 USD
    Lot 195 Sold 45,000 USD

  • GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD
    Zig-Zag Chair from the Birza Commission
    Lot 182 Sold 56,250 USD
    Lot 183 Sold 68, 750 USD

  • FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE
    “Nouveaux Moutons”, 1991 and 1996
    Lot 103 Sold 187,500 USD
    Lot 104 Sold 225,000 USD
    Lot 105 Sold 262,500 USD
    Lot 106 Sold 275,000 USD
    Lot 107 Sold 262,500 USD

  • FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE
    Pair of "Tourterelles" Chairs, 2001
    Lot Sold 175,000 USD

  • FINN JUHL
    Pair of NV45 Armchairs, circa 1955
    Lot Sold 47,500 USD

  • WENDELL CASTLE
    An Important Executive Desk from the Collection of Wendell Castle, 1973
    Lot Sold 471,000 USD

  • RON ARAD
    “Loop Loop” Chair, designed 1992
    Lot Sold 75,000 USD

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Sale Number: N09957 Lots : 166

SALE TOTAL

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Masterworks of 20th Century Design

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Sotheby’s December 2018 “Important Design” auction features a highly curated selection of superb Pre- and Postwar European and American Design from the last century.  Featuring several important private collections, the sale is led by a unique pair of “Végétale” mirrors by Claude Lalanne.  Additional highlights include works by François-Xavier Lalanne and Harry Bertoia from the collection of Dick and Jane Stoker, an important and encyclopedic collection of clocks by Archibald Knox from the Talmor Collection, and important Prewar American and European Design from the Collection of Daniel Wolf.  The Prewar chapter features important American design by Charles Rohlfs, Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as important European design including Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann’s iconic “Lit Soleil.”  Exemplary works from the American Studio movement by Wendell Castle, Harry Bertoia, Peter Voulkos and George Nakashima round out the Postwar highlights.

VIEW CATALOGUE FOR LIBERTY'S OF LONDON, A LEGACY IN CLOCKMAKING: THE TALMOR COLLECTION

Masterworks of 20th Century Design

View Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany and La Farge

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Jodi Pollack
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Co-Worldwide Head of 20th Century Design
+1 212 606 7170
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Marine Hartogs
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20th Century Design
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Katherine Wallace
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20th Century Design
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katherine.wallace@sothebys.com
Louis Soulard
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20th Century Design
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Louis.Soulard@sothebys.com
   
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