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Paul T. Frankl
Skyscraper occasional table
Skyscraper occasional table
Frankl Galleries
USA, c. 1930
black, red and silver lacquered wood 18¾ h × 36 w × 12 d in (48 × 91 × 30 cm)
USA, c. 1930
black, red and silver lacquered wood 18¾ h × 36 w × 12 d in (48 × 91 × 30 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,100
"The simplicity of Oriental art has had a definite influence upon the style of today. Not only have we learned the art of elimination from the Far East, but our unseeing eyes have been opened to a new conception of beauty," Paul Frankl.
literature: New Dimensions, Frankl, a similar example illustrated pl. 36
Space for Living, Frankl, pg. 72 for discussion of the Oriental style