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Twentieth Century Design Surveys, twenty-three
Twentieth Century Design Surveys, twenty-three
estimate: $200–300
result: $4,375
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Furniture by Architects Marc Emery, Abrams, NY, 1983. B & W/Color, 274 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Murray Moss, Phillips de Pury & Company, NY, 2012. Color, 124 pages, Softcover.
The Furniture Machine Furniture Since 1988 Gareth Williams, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK, 2000. Color, 174 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Designed For Delight Alternative of Twentieth-Century Decorative Arts Martin Eidelberg, Flammarion, Paris, 1997. B & W/Color, 320 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Swid Powell Objects by Architects Annette Tapert, Rizzoli, NY, 1990. B & W/Color, 144 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Aluminum by Design Sarah Nichols, Paola Antonelli, Dennis Doordan, Robert Friedel, Penny Sparke, Craig V., Carnegie Museum of Art, NY, 2000. B & W/Color, 296 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Op to Pop Furniture of the 1960s Cara Greenberg, Bulfinch, 1999. Color, 192 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
1000 Lights 1960 to Present Charlotte & Peter Fiell, Tashen, Koln, 2005. Color, 576 pages, Softcover.
Vitra Design Museum Mobel aus Kunstsoff Alexander von Vegesack, Vitra Design Museum, 1991. Color, 44 pages, Softcover.
Michael Graves Alex Buck, Matthia Vogt et al., Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 1994. B & W/Color, 144 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.