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Art Deco and Machine Age Design Surveys, twenty-one
Art Deco and Machine Age Design Surveys, twenty-one
estimate: $400–600
result: $3,250
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Bakelite An Illustrated Guide to Collectible Bakelite Objects Patrick Cook, Catherine Slessor et al., Quintet Publishing, London, 1992. Color, 128 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
The Alliance of Art and Industry Toledo Designs for a Modern America Roger M. Berkowitz, Paul Anbinder et al., Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2002. Color, 234 pages, Softcover.
Story of Modern Applied Art Rudolph Rosenthal, Helena L. Ratzka, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1948. B & W, 208 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Streamlined Irons Jay Raymond, Steamline Press, US, 2008. Color, 196 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
The World of Art Deco Bevis Hillier, The Minneapolis of Arts, DEP Dutton, 1971. B & W/Color, 224 pages, Softcover with dustjacket.
Selling Good Design Promoting the Early Modern Interior Marilyn F. Friedman, Rizzoli, New York, 2003. B & W/Color, 144 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Streamline The Dawn of Tomorrow American Design '30 - '55 Rudi Fuchs, Nu in Het Stedelijk, Amsterdam, 2001. Color, 39 pages, Softcover with dustjacket.
Industrial Strength Design Glenn Adamson, Milwaukee Art Museum, Massachusetts, 2003. B & W/Color, 220 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Modernism In American Silver 20th Century Design Jewel Stern, Dallas Museum of Art, New Haven, 2006. B & W/Color, 392 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Craft in the Machine Age The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft Janet Kardon, American Craft Museum Abrams, New York, 1995. B & W/Color, 305 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.