250
250
American Ceramics Surveys, twenty-one
American Ceramics Surveys, twenty-one
estimate: $250–350
result: $1,063
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
The Ninth Annual National Ceramic Exhibition Reginald H. Poland, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, New York, 1940. Softcover.
Contemporary American Ceramics Selected from the 12th Ceramic National Henry Varnum Poor and Richard H. Pass, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts / Onondaga Pottery Company, Syracuse, New York, 1948. 32 pages, Softcover.
Contemporary American Ceramics Selected from the 14th Ceramic National Richard H. Pass, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts / Onondaga Pottery Company, Syracuse, New York, 1950. 34 pages, Softcover.
15th Ceramic National, Syracuse Museum of Art / Onondaga Pottery Company, Syracuse, New York, 1950. 40 pages, Softcover.
16th Ceramic National Victor Schreckengost, Ivan Mestrovic, et al., Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts / Onondaga Pottery Company, Syracuse, New York, 1951. 40 pages, Softcover.
18th Ceramic National Paul Bogatay, Karl Drerup, et al., Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts / Onondaga Pottery Company, Syracuse, New York, 1954. Softcover.
Contemporary American Ceramics: Selected from the 19th Ceramic National. Second Biennial Meyric R. Rogers, Syracuse Museum of Art / Syracuse China Corporation / Ferro Corporation, Syracuse, New York, 1957. Softcover.
XX Ceramic International Henry Varnum Poor, Syracuse Museum of Art / Syracuse China Corporation / Ferro Corporation, Syracuse and Cleveland, 1958. Softcover.
XXI Ceramic National William Hull, The Everson Museum of Art / Syracuse China Corporation / Ferro Corporation, Syracuse / Cleveland, 1961. 40 pages, Softcover.
22nd Ceramic National Exhibition Max W. Sullivan, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, 1963. 40 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.