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Architecture and Design Monographs, seventeen
Architecture and Design Monographs, seventeen
estimate: $400–500
result: $3,000
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Shape and Environment: Furniture by American Architects Lisa Phillips, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1982. 60 pages, Softcover.
Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors Christopher Wilk, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981. 192 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Eileen Gray: Designer J. Stewart Johnson, Debrett's Peerage, Ltd for The Museum of Modern Art, London / New York, 1979. 67 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Eileen Gray: An Architecture for All Senses Caroline Constant and Wilfried Wang, Ernst J Wasmuth Verlag GmbH & Co., Tubingen, Germany, 1996. 224 pages, Softcover.
Eileen Gray: Designer and Architect Philippe Garner, Benedikt Taschen, Koln, 1993. 160 pages, Softcover.
Marcel Breuer: Design Magdalena Droste, Manfred Ludewig and Bauhaus Archiv, Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, Koln, 1992. 158 pages, Softcover.
Friedrich Kiesler: Designer. Seating Furniture of the 30s and 40s Harald Krejci and Tulga Beyerle, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit Germany, 2005. 128 pages, Softcover with dustjacket.
Eileen Gray: Oeuvres sur papier / Works on Paper Roberto Polo, Galerie Historismus, Paris, 2007. 137 pages, Hardcover.
RM Schindler: The Gingold Commissions Gerard O'Brien, et. al., Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, 2007. 87 pages, Softcover.
Friedrich Kiesler: Art of This Century Milton Gendel, Eva Kraus, et.al., Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern-Ruit Germany, 2002. 101 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.