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Architecture by Location Surveys, nine
Architecture by Location Surveys, nine
estimate: $150–250
result: $1,125
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Anderson & Archer's SoHo: The Essential Guide to Art and Live in Lower Manhattan Alexandra Anderson and B.J. Archer, Art in America with Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979. 191 pages, Softcover.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Complete Guide David Gebhard and Robert Winter, Gibbs M Smith, Inc and Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, 1985. 526 pages, Softcover.
Florida Architecture: A Celebration. The History of the Florida Association of Architects, A.I.A., 1912-2000 S. Keith Bailey, Diane D. Greer and John Howey, Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects, Tallahassee, 2000. 247 pages, Softcover.
Architecture in New York: A Photographic History Wayne Andrews, Icon Editions/Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1973. 190 pages, Softcover.
Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston Barrie Scardino, William F. Stern and Bruce C. Webb, University of Texas Press, Austin, 2003. 315 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Lost New York Nathan Silver, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1967. 242 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
An Architectural Album: Chicago's North Shore Susan S. Benjamin, Junior League of Evanston, Inc., Evanston, IL, 1988. 208 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Three California Houses: The Homes of Max Palevsky Aaron Betsky, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2002. 160 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
One Thousand New York Buildings Bill Harris, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 2002. 576 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Mark McDonald
The Founder of Mid-century Design
Mark McDonald has always been at the epicenter of the world that is mid-century design, to a large extent, it is a world he created. For over forty years, Mark has pioneered whole fields of collecting, providing the scholarship and creating the market for mid-century furniture, studio jewelry, ceramics and Italian glass.
In 1983, Mark opened Fifty/50 with partners Mark Isaacson and Ralph Cutler. This groundbreaking gallery defined collectors’ taste. At the time, modern works were still largely overlooked; Mark and his partners collected and presented the rarest and most interesting pieces, often working with the makers themselves, to create compelling exhibitions accompanied by catalogs documenting the work.
In the 1990s, Mark opened Gansevoort Gallery, where he continued to curate collections and exhibitions of lasting impact. Over the years, he established relationships with artists and their estates becoming the go to authority on the designs of Art Smith, Ilonka Karasz and Leza McVey, among others. His enthusiasm for the material extended beyond the gallery floor to the back room where lucky visitors got to flip through Mark’s impressive design reference library and discuss the importance of works with him.
A connoisseur and wealth of knowledge, Mark became a resource for prominent collections across the globe—private and public alike. He inspired a generation of collectors and dealers introducing designers and their production to an audience that continues to grow. In 2002, Mark closed Gansevoort and established 330 gallery in Hudson, New York. Now, semi-retired, Marks splits his time between New York and Florida. He still collects, curates, supports, and shepherds the scholarship of mid-century design.