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Frank Lloyd Wright Rare Book Collection, seven
Frank Lloyd Wright Rare Book Collection, seven
estimate: $700–900
result: $1,625
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
The Usonian House. Souvenir of the Exhibition: 60 Years of Living Architecture, The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, The Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1953. n.p. pages, Softcover.
The Disappearing City Frank Lloyd Wright, William Farquhar Payson, New York, 1932. 90 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
The Architectural Forum: Frank Lloyd Wright. Volume 68 Number 1 January 1938, Time, Inc., New York, 1938. 74 pages, Softcover.
Architectural Forum: The Magazine of Building, Frank Lloyd Wright, January 1951 Frank Lloyd Wright, Time-Life, Inc., New York, 1951. Softcover.
La Casa Sulla Cascata di F. Ll. Wright 25 Anni Dopo/Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater 25 Years After Bruno Zevi and Edgar Kaufmann Jr., Et/As Kompass, Milano, 1962. 64 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Madison: Eight Decades of Artistic and Social Interaction Paul E. Sprague, Board of Regent of the University of Wisconsin System, Madison, 1990. 218 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Drawings for Living Architecture Guiseppe Samona and A. Hyatt Mayor, Horizon Press, New York, 1959. 255 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.