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American Ceramics Monographs, seventeen
American Ceramics Monographs, seventeen
estimate: $300–500
result: $845
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
The Ceramic Work of Gertrud and Otto Natzler Ian McKibbin White and D. Graeme Keith, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1971. 74 pages, Softcover.
The Ceramic Work of Gertrud and Otto Natzler: A Retrospective Exhibition Otto Natzler, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1966. 68 pages, Softcover.
Natzler Keramiken, 1935-1990 Gunter Duriegl, Julies H. Schoeps, et al, Judisches Museum der Stadt, Wien, 1994. 137 pages, Softcover.
Ceramic Decoration: Book No.1 Lois Culver Long, The American Art Clay Co., Inc., Indianapolis, 1958. 59 pages, Softcover.
A Pottery Sketchbook Aaron Bohrod, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1959. 195 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
The Pottery of John Foster: From and Meaning Gordon and Elizabeth Orear, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1990. 146 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Ken Price Edward Lebow and Walter Hopps, Houston Fine Art Press, Houston, 1992. 114 pages, Softcover.
The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino Forrest L. Merrill, Kevin V. Wallace and Tim Schiffer, Ventura County Museum of History & Art, Ventura, 2005. 88 pages, Softcover.
Henry Varnum Poor, 1887-1970. A Retrospective Exhibition. Harold E. Dickson and Richard Porter, The Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, Centre County, 1983. 168 pages, Softcover.
Pottery Form and Expression Marguerite Wildenhain, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York, 1959. 157 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.