Modern Design 
30 March 2008
Modern Design 
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Paul T. Frankl

Skyscraper bookcase

Skyscraper Furniture
USA, c. 1928
lacquered wood, pine 45½ h × 34¼ w × 8¼ d in (116 × 87 × 21 cm)
estimate: $50,000–70,000
result: $38,400
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"Frankl's Skyscraper Furniture promoted the look of the new buildings and affirmed the ideals of American progress and commercial prowess. Yet more than that, Frankl knew that the skyscraper offered a clear and understandable way to "put [modern] across with the great American public...the name 'Skyscraper Furniture' told the story. It was tied up with the big city and its tall buildings..an expression of our day and age." --from Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design
provenance: Estate of Coreen Spellman, Dallas | Thence by descent | Private collection, Texas
literature: Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design, Long, ppg. 67, 71, 74 illustrate similar forms

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