411: GEORGE FRED KECK AND WILLIAM KECK, custom room divider < Design, 24 March 2016 < Auctions

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24 March 2016

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George Fred Keck and William Keck
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custom room divider

USA, c. 1955
walnut, chrome-plated steel 36 h × 84 w × 20 d in (91 × 213 × 51 cm)

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $1,875

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Divider features eight drawers, four of which house table service trays, and two doors concealing adjustable shelving.
provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair, Lake Bluff, IL | Thence by descent

The Edward McCormick Blair House

Lake Bluff, Illinois

East view of the McCormick Blair house.

View of the living room featuring modern furnishings and floor-to-ceiling windows.

In 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair commissioned the Chicago-based architectural firm Keck & Keck to design their home in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Furnished with pieces designed by George Fred Keck and William Keck as well as other archetypes of modernism, the home was deemed by the Architectural Record in 1957 as “a residence of exceptional distinction”.

Auction Results George Fred Keck and William Keck