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Viennese Architecture and Design Surveys, sixteen
Viennese Architecture and Design Surveys, sixteen
estimate: $300–500
result: $2,750
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Wiener Werkstatte: Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design Waltraud Neuwirth, Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Newirth, Wien, 1984. 239 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Die Keramick der Wiener Werkstatte. Band 1. Originalkeramiken 1920-1931 Waltraud Neuwirth, Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, Wien, 1981. 352 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Die Wieer Werkstatte: Modernes Kunsthandwerk von 1903-1932 Wilhelm Mrazek, Osterreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Wien, 1967. 100 plus 80 plates pages, Softcover.
Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien VII, Active Intermedia Verlag, Wien, 1999. 28 pages, Softcover.
Wiener Werkstaette, The Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1966. n.p pages, Softcover.
Wien Um 1900 Hans Mandl, Franz Gluck and Fritz Novotny, Kulturamt der Stadt Wien, Wien, 1964. 131 plus plates pages, Softcover.
Jugenstil 20er Jahre. Verkaufs-Ausstellung Inge Asenbaum, Kunstlerhaus - Galerie, Wien, 1969. n.p. pages, Softcover.
Three Viennese Architects: Rainer, Holzbauer and Peichl August Sarnitz, Edition Tusch, Wien, 1984. 111 pages, Softcover.
Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918. An Early Encounter with Taste and Utility Jan Ernst Adlmann, Cooper-Hewitt Museum & Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery,, New York and Houston, 1978. 96 pages, Softcover.
Vienna 1900-1930. Art in the Home Maria F. Rich, Historical Design, Inc., New York, 1996. 79 pages, Softcover.
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.