Design 
14 December 2017
Design 
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Paul Lobel

Magazine rack

USA, c. 1935
aluminum, acrylic, glass 16½ h × 15½ w × 7½ d in (42 × 39 × 19 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,250
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This magazine rack is an exquisite example of the Benduro process.
Signed with impressed manufacturer's mark to base: [Benduro Lobel Design].
provenance: Collection of Clara Lobel, sister of the artist | Collection of Charles Hellman and Florence Lobel Cohen, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY | Private Collection

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Paul Lobel was an innovative American designer who created decorative and functional objects in various metals and glass. From jewelry and tabletop accessories to lamps and magazine racks, his designs stylistically meld the decorative flourishes of Art Deco with the increasingly popular streamlined design of the modern age. Lobel’s designs exhibit an unparalleled mastery of material and technology; experimenting with glass, he developed the Benduro process creating five distinct kinds of glass and an award-winning line of accessories and objects made in glass or glass and metal or plastic.

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