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Mid-Century Modern Monographs, seventeen
Mid-Century Modern Monographs, seventeen
estimate: $300–500
result: $4,000
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Eames Design: Charles & Ray Eames Maki Izumikawa, APT International, Tokyo, 2001. 323 pages, Softcover.
Eames Design: Charles & Ray Eames Maki Izumikawa, APT International, Tokyo, 2001. 323 pages, Softcover.
Problems of Design George Nelson, Whitney Publications, New York, 1957. 205 pages, Hardcover.
Russel Wright: Creating American Lifestyle Donald Albrecht, Robert Schonfeld and Lindsay Stamm Shapiro, Harry N Abrams, Inc., New York, 2001. 176 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Charles Eames: Furniture From the Design Collection Arthur Drexler, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1973. 56 pages, Softcover.
Isamu Noguchi / Rosanjin Kitaoji Ryu Nimi and Shigemi Oka, Sezon Museum of Art, Karuizawa, 1996. 330 pages, Softcover.
Photographs of a Splint, Furniture and a House of Cards Deborah Perrin, John Heiden, Los Angeles, 1987. n.p. pages, Softcover with dustjacket.
Paul Rand, Wright, Chicago, 2018. n.p. pages, Softcover.
Collecting Eames: The JF Chen Collection Eames Demetrios and Daniel Ostroff, JF Chen, Los Angeles, 2001. 136 pages, Hardcover.
Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe Phillip Morrison, Phyllis Morrison and The Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Scientific American Books, New York, 1982. 159 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.