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Auction /4 June 2020 Noon ct

The Mark Isaacson
and Greg Nacozy Collection

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The collection of Mark Isaacson and Greg Nacozy captures a particular 1980s downtown New York aesthetic and lifestyle; as a founding member of the legendary Fifty/50 Gallery, Isaacson was a prominent collector of midcentury furniture, Italian art glass, 20th century photography, and African art. His partner, Greg Nacozy, has cared for this collection since Isaacson's death in 1993. Their eye for sensual formalism and the exuberance of life lived through art and objects is evident in this personal and thoughtful collection.

Paul Cadmus  Pepe #B  $15,000  

Gerrit Rietveld  Zig-Zag armchair  $25,000  

Man Ray  Demain (Tomorrow)  $40,000  

Included in this collection are early experimental works by European and American photographers, the erotic photographs of George Platt Lynes and Robert Mapplethorpe (who was a close friend of Nacozy's and Isaacson's and photographed catalogs for Fifty/50), icons of modern design by Jean Prouvé and Charles and Ray Eames, Italian art glass, midcentury ceramics and exceptional African masks.

Edward Weston

Bananas

Marcello Fantoni

pitcher

result: $7,500

Robert Mapplethorpe

Christopher Holly

result: $12,500

Senufo artist

Kpeliye'e mask

result: $8,125

Fausto Melotti

vase

result: $21,250

Grit Kallin-Fischer

Edward Fischer, Bauhaus, Dessau

result: $7,500

Sidney Geist

Relief

result: $3,750

Lynn Davis

Cheops, Giza, Dynasty IV

result: $6,250

Leo Amino  Wild Plant  $175,000  

Robert Mapplethorpe  Mark Isaacson  $8,750  

The Mark Isaacson
and Greg Nacozy Collection

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4 June 2020
12 pm central

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