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Early American Deco Surveys, thirteen
Early American Deco Surveys, thirteen
estimate: $500–700
result: $1,000
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Eugene Schoen: Furniture from the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Estate Eric Kohler, Donzella, New York, 2000. 60 pages, Softcover.
20th Century Modern Furniture Design by Gilbert Rohde and Herman Miller: Modern Electric Clocks Styled for Today, Herman Miller, Zeeland, MI, 1934. 30 pages, Softcover.
Design: Devoted to the Decorative Arts, Vol. 33 No. 4 M. Morris, Henriette Reiss, et. al., Keramic Studio Pub. Co., Syracuse, NY, Sept 1931. 26 pages, Softcover.
Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design Christopher Long, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007. 225 pages, Hardcover.
Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World Glenn Adamson, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA and London, 2003. 219 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Henry Dreyfuss: Industrial Designer. The Man in the Brown Suit Russell Flinchum, Rizzoli, New York, 1997. 222 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
The Designs of Raymond Loewy Lloyd E. Herman and Lois Frieman Brand, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1975. 55 pages, Softcover.
Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living Phyllis Ross, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2009. xiii + 274 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Horizons Norman Bel Geddes, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1932. 293 pages, Hardcover.
House & Garden's Complete Guide to Interior Decoration Richardson Wright, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1942. 304 pages, Hardcover.
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.