An exquisite 1950s brass floor lamp designed by innovative Italian lighting designer Gino Sarfatti rose to $15,930 during a sale May 11 at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery. Read More +
1950s brass floor lamp lights up sale at $15,930
Tag Archives: Modern furniture
Herman Miller dining chairs won for $1,440 in live, online auction
On Sunday, Feb. 10, Thomas Schwenke’s Woodbury Auction held its Mid-Century, Country & Decorative Arts Auction — despite the Blizzard of 2013. Read More +
Native American basket by acclaimed artisan expected to weave up $20,000
Several examples of varied decorative art, including an impressive Noguchi “Rudder” dinette table, are set for sale Feb. 5. Read More +
LAMA adds three rarely offered Grossman pieces to 20th anniversary Modern sale
LOS ANGELES — After an exceptional sale in October, and due to a steady influx of modern material, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) announces Part Two of the 20th Anniversary Auction, which is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at … Read More +
Picasso Madoura ceramics in online auction ending April 25
Litchfield County Auctions announces its annual Spring Modernism, Asian and Tribal Arts and European Antiques Sale April 11-25 at iGavelauctions.com. Read More +
Modernism: New era propelled furniture design
Modernism is the stuff of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair “Century of Progress,” the boundless optimism of post-World War II America, the sleek comic lines and manic music of Tex Avery’s MGM 1949 “House of Tomorrow” cartoons, and the ever-present acres of the suburban ranch house that subsequently spread endlessly across the nation. Read More +