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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
Overview
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
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