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Early Architecture Surveys, twenty-three
Early Architecture Surveys, twenty-three
estimate: $250–350
result: $1,250
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a Designer of Chairs Filippo Alison, Warehouse Publications, London, 1973. 106 pages, Softcover with dustjacket.
The Prairie School Review: Volume V, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 1968 Randell L. Makinson, The Prairie School Press, Palos Park, Illinois, 1968. 30 pages, Softcover.
Mathews: Masterpieces of the California Decorative Style Harvey L. Jones, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, 1972. 105 pages, Softcover.
Irving J. Gill, Architect Bruce Kamerling, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, 1993. 140 pages, Softcover.
A Guide to the Work of Greene and Greene Randell L. Makinson, Peregrine Smith, Inc., Salt Lake City and Santa Barbara, 1974. 65 pages, Softcover.
Architectural League of New York 1933: Catalogue of the Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, Architectural League of New York, New York, 1933. 132 pages, Softcover.
The L.J. Cella Collection: Architectural Drawings and Photographs Fred Hoffman, 2007. Softcover.
The Prairie School Review: Volume IV, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 1967 Henry-Russell Hitchcock, The Prairie School Press, Inc., Park Forest, Illinois, 1967. 30 pages, Softcover.
If You Want to Build a House Elizabeth A. Mock, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946. 96 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Omega and After: Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts Isabelle Anscombe, Thames and Hudson, London, 1981. 176 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.