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Mid-Century Modern Surveys, fourteen
Mid-Century Modern Surveys, fourteen
estimate: $200–300
result: $1,875
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Design Today in America and Europe Rene d'Harnoncourt and Manubhai Shah, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958. 90 pages, Softcover.
Shaping the Modern: American Decorative Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago, 1917-65 Judith A. Barter and Jennifer M. Downs, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2001. 112 pages, Softcover.
Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference Pat Kirkham, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2000. 462 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Objects for Use: Handmade by Design Paul J. Smith, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2001. 336 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Design for Living: Furniture and Lighting 1950-2000. The Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection David Hanks and Anne Hoy, Flammarion, Paris - New York, 2000. 240 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author.
Design for Life Susan Yelavich, Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum and Rizzoli, New York, 1997. 192 pages, Softcover.
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 Stephanie Barron, Michael Dear, Sheri Bernstein, et.al., Los Angeles County Museum with University of California Press, Los Angeles / Berkeley, 2000. 351 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Formica & Design: From the Counter Top to High Art Susan Grant Lewin, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1991. 190 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
'Contemporary': architecture and interiors for the 1950s Lesley Jackson, Phaidon Press, Ltd., London, 1994. 240 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
The Century of Modern Design: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection David A. Hanks, Flammarion, Paris, 2010. 479 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author.
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.