By Greg Smith
The design sales are underway this month as houses across the country offer their selections including some of the most famous designers and makers in the world of Twentieth Century design. From Giacometti to Ponti and Juhl, we invite you to ogle a collection of fine design from upcoming auctions and our marketplace dealers.
Upcoming Design Calendar
Sotheby’s, June 7; Christies, June 8; Phillips, June 9; Wright, June 9; Stair, June 12; Doyle, June 15; Bonhams, June 21; Skinner, June 23.
Complete coverage of all of the design sales will follow.
BONHAMS
Sale Date: June 21
Lot 20
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
“Table Torsade”, patinated bronze and glass low table, conceived circa 1965
Estimate: $200/300,000
PHILIP CHASEN ANTIQUES
Daum Nancy, Miniature Rain Vase
Circa 1900, signed, height 3 inches. Mint condition.
Price: $3,950
DOYLE
Sale Date: June 15
Lot 355
Frank Gehry
Fish Lamp, produced by New City Editions, 1984, formica and glass, on the original stained and lacquered plywood base.
Estimate: $20/30,000
GEORG JENSEN, INC.
Henning Koppel Serving Dish
Fish Dish #1026, sterling silver, designed 1954.
Price Upon Request
BUTTERSCOTCH AUCTION GALLERY
Sale Date: June 19
Lot 223
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Sofa
Model 1711, for Widdicomb, circa 1950, maple and canvas, with cloth Widdicomb label.
Estimate: $3/5,000
MACKLOWE GALLERY
Tiffany Studios “Dragonfly” Table Lamp
Leaded glass and bronze, circa 1915, signed to lamp and shade. Height 26 inches.
Price Upon Request
AHLERS & OGLETREE
Sale Date: June 25
Lot 277
Warren Platner (American, 1919-2006)
Knoll, third quarter Twentieth Century, lounge chair and ottoman.
Estimate: $3/5,000
LIZ O’BRIEN
Gio Ponti Glass Chandelier
Venini Glass, designed by Gio Ponti, Italian, circa 1946.
Price Upon Request
SKINNER
Sale Date: June 23
Lot 320
Finn Juhl (1912-1989) Chieftain Chair
Executed by Neils Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark, black leather on teak frame, underside branded.
Estimate: $10/15,000
MICHELLE ERICKSON
Michelle Erickson
Pecten Shell Teapot, the artist has alighted on the Staffordshire ‘Pecten Shell’ teapots of the Eighteenth Century and adapted the design to respond to the multiple environmental catastrophes associated with oil.
$17,500
