20th Century Design | Skinner Auction 3665T

20th Century Design online 3665T | June 8–16, 2021 | www.skinnerinc.com

20th Century Design online June 8–16, 2021 The warmth of natural wood, pop of colorful prints and paintings, and textures of ceramic vessels and sculptures come together to brighten any room. Our June sale offers over 500 lots for the discerning collector, homeowner, or dealer seeking furniture, artwork, and decorative objects spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries. Let us help you find something that will breathe new life into your interiors. Collect a piece of history: become part of the story.

Tiffany Studios | Gallé | Daum | Lalique | Roycroft | Hermès | Puiforcat Erik Gunnar Asplund | George Nelson | Ray and Charles Eames | Harry Bertoia Le Corbusier | Percival Lafer | Richard Schultz | Bodil Kjaer | Hans J. Wegner for Johannes Hansen | Judy McKie | Nakashima | Wendell Castle | Silas Kopf Virginia “Ginny” Blanchard | Thomas Moser | Picasso | Emilio Scanavino | Otto & Vivika Heino | Claude Conover | Venini | Barovier & Toso | Pauly | Seguso Hervé van der Straeten | Michel Mangematin | Vassilakis Takis | Calder please contact the department for condition reports & preview appointment information, visit our website to register & bid

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Arnold Geissbuhler Abstract Bronze Sculpture $300-500 Georges Braque L’oiseau et Son Nid Lithograph $600-1,200

this page & front cover: Pablo Picasso Deux sculpteurs devant une statue Etching $6,000-9,000 Pablo Picasso Tête de femme, from Saltimbanques Etching $5,000-7,000 Pablo Picasso Tête de Femme Couronnee de Fleurs Ceramic Pitcher $15,000-25,000 George Nakashima Round Coffee Table $8,000-12,000

Erté, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) Tara Exhibition Poster $100-300

Erté, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) The Slave Serigraph $300-500

Art Deco-style Room Screen $800-1,200

Erik Gunnar Asplund Senna Lounge Chair $6,000-8,000

Tiffany Studios Ten-piece Gilt-bronze Bookmark Pattern Desk Set $1,500-2,500

Tiffany Studios Lily Pad Decanter with Stopper $1,000-1,500

Tiffany Studios Swirled Favrile Vase $5,000-7,000

Large Art Nouveau Mosaic Glass Window $5,000-10,000

this page: Dedham Pottery Woodcock in Flight Plate $1,000-1,500 Grueby Pottery Matte Blue Scarab Paperweight $400-600 Grueby Pottery Fluted Matte Green Vase $800-1,200 Dedham Pottery Poppy Plate $800-1,200 Dedham Pottery Golden Gate Plate $2,000-4,000 Newcomb Pottery Vase $900-1,200 Louis Rhead Jane Art Nouveau Lithograph $300-500

opposite: Yoshiko Yamamoto Thousand Oaks of Berkeley Hills Block Print $100-300 Federico Armijo Snail Table $1,000-1,500 Judy Kensley McKie Dragon Table $30,000-50,000

Judy McKie Judy Kensley McKie is a prominent figure in the American studio furniture movement. McKie began making furniture in the early 1970s following her B.F.A. in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her designs are informed by formal training as an artist; she is essentially self-taught as a craftsperson. In her animal motifs, McKie refers to the design of indigenous cultures and primitive, totemic animals of Pre-Columbian, African, and Native American art, which are either carved into the wood or painted upon the surface. McKie strives to create sculptural and functional furniture; her decorative furniture, which is often cast in bronze, marble, resin, and stone, functions as both an art form and a useful piece of furniture.

heino studio: vivika + otto Vivika and Otto Heino worked in ceramics throughout the second half of the 20th century. As artists, they collaborated as a husband-and-wife team for thirty-five years, signing their pots “Vivika + Otto,” regardless of who made them. Clean lines and distinctive glazes mark their work; they focused on traditional and utilitarian pottery while avoiding ceramic trends.

They were part of a generation that sought to redefine the relationship between ceramics and modern art. The Heinos were awarded the Silver Medal from the International Ceramics Exhibitions in Ostend, Belgium in 1959 and the Gold Medal at the Sixth Biennale Internationale de Céramique d’Art, in Vallauris, France in 1978. Examples of their work can be found in private collections and institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Smithsonian Institution. In this sale, the pottery being offered was part of Otto Heino’s final inventory, passed by the estate to the consignor.

Hideaki Miyamura Studio Pottery Vase $400-600 Otto Heino Studio Pottery Vase $500-700 Two Otto Heino Studio Pottery Vases $600-800 Claude Conover “CUUT” Studio Pottery Vase $6,000-8,000

John Gill Studio Pottery Floor Vase $400-600 Otto Heino Cobalt Studio Pottery Wall Plaque $800-1,200

George Nakashima Round Coffee Table $8,000-12,000 Paul Evans Deep Relief Cabinet $20,000-30,000

Otto Heino Spiral Studio Pottery Wall Plaque $2,000-3,000

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steuben puiforcat hermès

Steuben “Unicorn” Glass Sculpture $400-600 Steuben “Seal Rock” Glass Sculpture $800-1,200

Steuben “Partridge in a Pear Tree” Glass Sculpture $600-800 Jean E. Puiforcat Silver-mounted Fumed Glass Vases $20,000-30,000

Hermès Silver Wine Coolers $40,000-60,000

murano glass Murano glass has long been an object of desire.

Since its rediscovery in the 1950s, collectors and connoisseurs have cast a fascinated eye on works by the artists of the leading glassworks on this island off the Venetian coast. Widely accepted as art forms, works transcend the role of practical or decorative objects. Pieces by some of Venice’s most historical Murano glass factories are offered in the sale, including Venini, Barovier & Toso, Pauly, and Seguso.

Henri Matisse Blue Nudes Color Lithographs (partial) 4300-500

Luciano Gaspari by Livio Seguso Large Sail Sculpture $1,000-1,500

Three Archimede Seguso Covered Bowls $1,500-2,500

Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso Zig Zag Vase $500-1,000

Dino Martens for Aurelio Toso Half-Filigree Vase $500-1,000

Alexander Calder Untitled (Horse) Color Lithograph $2,000-4,000 Arne Vodder for Sibast Sideboard $2,000-3,000 Five Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen Grand Prix Chairs $800-1,200 Luigi Crassevig Dondolo Rocking Chair $500-700

Italian Modernist Wall Hanging $400-600

Tapio Wirkkala for Soinne et Kni Leaf Dish $2,000-3,000

Bodil Kjaer for E. Pederson and Sons A/S Desk $10,000-15,000

Herbert Krenchel Krenit Enamelware $800-1,200

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George Nelson for Herman Miller MAA Swag Leg Chairs $2,000-3,000

Wendell Castle “Starry Night” Sculptural Table $5,000-7,000

Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno P40 Lounge Chairs $3,000-5,000

Two Fabio Novembre for Driade Nemo Chairs $700-900

Hans J. Wegner for Andreas Tuck Model AT321 Dining Table $5,000-7,000

Alison Chism Big Happy Figural Glass Sculpture $300-500 Catharine Newell Glass Sculpture $300-500 back cover: Judy Kensley McKie Dragon Table $30,000-50,000

wendell castle A self-taught craftsman, Castle has been at the forefront of contemporary art furniture design for more than three decades. Renowned for his superb artistry and development of lamination techniques, he creates furniture that combines exotic materials and imaginative designs with a whimsical approach to his craft. Castle earned a B.F.A. in sculpture in 1958 and an M.F.A. in industrial design in 1961 at the University of Kansas.

From 1962 to 1969, he taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology and then joined the State University of New York faculty in Brockport. In 1980, he established the Wendell Castle School, a nonprofit educational institution offering instruction in furniture design and fine woodworking, which later became the furniture-making program at Rochester Institute of Technology. Castle’s work is in the Art Institute of Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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