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Selected by Samuel Marx

table lamp from the Morton D. May House

USA, 1940
woven rope, brass, stained beech, linen 28 h × 15 dia in (71 × 38 cm)
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $7,040
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provenance: Morton D. May, Ladue, MO | David B. Lichtenstein | Thence by descent
literature: Ultramodern: Samuel Marx, Architect, Design, Art Collector, O'Brien, ppg. 134-143 discuss commission, pg. 142 illustrates this example in situ

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Samuel Marx

Works from the Morton D. May House

The present example illustrated in situ. Chicago History Museum, HB-07051K; Hedrich-Blessing, photographer
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