3530T | December 8–17, 2020 | www.skinnerinc.com
20th Century Design online
20th Century Design online December 8–17, 2020 Our December sale offers over 500 lots for the discerning collector, dealer, or homeowner seeking furniture, artwork, and decorative objects spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries. Art Nouveau includes lots from Tiffany Studios, Gallé, and Lalique. The Arts and Crafts Movement is represented by a spectacular Edward T. Hurley for Rookwood vase depicting a carved school of fish in rushing white water under sea green glaze, and a rare early Olive W. Dodd for Newcomb Pottery high-glaze vase with an alternating pattern of dramatic trees. Modern and Midcentury Modern are exemplified by headliners van der Rohe, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Nelson, Pearsall, and Lafer. Scandinavian Modern lots include a Bruno Mathsson “Pernilla” chair and ottoman, a rare PK12 Chair by Poul Kjærholm, and a Tove and Edvard Kindt Larsen dining set. The silver work of Georg Jensen is represented by large sets of “Cactus,” “Acorn,” and “Old Danish” flatware, as well as an early pair of candelabra. Studio furniture lots include a George Nakashima Conoid side chair, the incredible marquetry work of Silas Kopf, and a dining table and chairs by Jonah Zuckerman’s City Joinery. Dame Lucie Rie and Hans Coper lead the Studio Pottery lots, which also include a rare early exhibition piece by Emilio Scanavino, a Picasso Madoura “Four Faces” pitcher, and works by Brother Thomas Bezanson. In Post-Modern and Contemporary you will find a number of Mario Bellini CAB chair designs and a Gaetano Pesce “Nobody’s Perfect” chair. Also explore American Craft textile and jewelry lots. With a range of paintings and prints that span the century, there is truly something for everyone!
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front cover: Melvyn Firmager Infinity Vessel Turned Wood Sculpture, Somerset, England, 1997, (detail)
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Olive Webster Dodd for Newcomb Pottery Vase, New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1900 Gallé French Cameo Glass Vase, France, c. 1900 Edward T. Hurley (1869-1950) for Rookwood Sea Green Glaze Vase, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1901 Dale Chihuly (b. 1941) “Macchia” Basket, Seattle, Washington, 1984
picasso | ceramics In 1946, Pablo Picasso visited a ceramics exhibition in Vallauris, an area in southeastern France that had been known for its pottery production for centuries. When he moved to the region and established a relationship with Georges and Suzanne Ramié, owners of the Madoura pottery studio, they gave him full access to the tools and resources needed to express his creativity with ceramics. In exchange, for 25 years the Ramié family had the exclusive rights to produce and sell reproductions of his original works. To this day, Georges Ramie’s Picasso’s Ceramics remains as the authoritative catalogue raisonné for this body of work. Picasso created over 4,000 ceramic objects, many playful and whimsical in nature, with subjects ranging from Greek mythological figures to animal shapes and face motifs, among others. Reproductions of his work by the Ramié family remain a strong area of collecting and represent an affordable entry point into collecting Picasso’s work.
Pablo Picasso (18811973) “Four Faces” Pitcher, Vallauris, France, 1959, edition of 300 Emilio Scanavino (19221986) Ceramic Exhibition Plate, likely Albissola Marina, Italy, c. 1952 Tiffany Studios Lily Pad Decanter, New York, early 20th century Silas Kopf Dawn Marquetry Cabinet, East Hampton, Massachusetts, 2010, (detail)
George Nakashima (1905-1990) Conoid Chair, New Hope, Pennsylvania, c. 1969
Group of Hugh C. Robertson (1845-1908) for Chelsea Keramic Arts and Dedham Pottery Sang de Boeuf Glaze Vases, early 20th century
Group of Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995) and Hans Coper (19201981) Studio Pottery
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nakashima | lucie rie | hans coper | hugh robertson Hugh C. Robertson (1845-1908) was an American potter known for his glaze experimentation. Robertson apprenticed at the Jersey City Potter in 1860, and then worked in his father’s shop in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The shop was incorporated into the Chelsea Keramic Art Works (CKAW) in 1872. While at CKAW, Robertson worked ceaselessly to reproduce Chinese sang de boeuf (“ox blood”) glaze. He later established Chelsea Pottery, in Dedham, Massachusetts, which became the Dedham Pottery Company in 1895. Robertson’s experimental and oxblood glaze vases are highly sought after by collectors of Arts and Crafts pottery.
Group of Hugh Robertson (1845-1908) for Chelsea Keramic Arts and Dedham Pottery Experimental Glaze Vases, Dedham, Massachusetts, early 20th century
jensen | silver Georg Jensen (1866-1935) was a Danish silversmith and founder of Georg Jensen A/S. He studied sculpture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and gained work as a modeler at the Bing & Grøndahl porcelain factory. In 1901, Jensen abandoned ceramics and began again as a silversmith and designer with Danish master Mogens Ballin—he opened his own workshop in Copenhagen in 1904. Jensen’s training in metalsmithing, combined with his education in the fine arts, led him to combine the two disciplines and produce his works under the “artist as craftsman” tradition that was becoming prevalent in Arts and Crafts.
Jensen won the Grand Prix at the 1915 World’s Fair, and with increasing international acclaim, the company enjoyed growth and prosperity throughout the 20th century. Operating director Anders Hostrup-Pedersen employed a number of award-winning designers including Sigvard Bernadotte, Henning Koppel, Søren Georg Jensen, Magnus Stephensen, and Nanna Ditzel. Like the Danish furniture houses of the time, these designers were given the freedom to express themselves while developing new styles for production. The work of Jensen designers was featured in exhibitions of Danish handicrafts at the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York and in 1962 at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Period Jensen jewelry, flatware, and tea and coffee services remain in high demand—these timeless designs are sure to become treasured family heirlooms.
this page: Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Candelabra, Denmark, c. 1930, model no. 244 opposite: Georg Jensen “Acorn” Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Denmark, late 20th century Tove and Edvard Kindt Larsen for Thorald Madsens Dining Set, Denmark, c. 1965 Georg Jensen “Cactus” Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Denmark, 1910-39
Curtis Jere Raindrops Wall Mirror, United States, late 20th century Edwin Ohrstrom (1906-1994) for Orrefors Ariel Bowl and Vase, Sweden, c. 1980
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Alvar Aalto (1989-1976) for Artek “Tank” Lounge Chair, Finland, model no. 37
Eva Zeisel (1906-2011) for Castleton China Museum Dinner Service, Pennsylvania, designed 1942-43, 80 pieces
Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) for Fritz Hansen Swan Chair, Denmark Alvar Aalto for Artek “Model #900” Tea Trolley, Finland Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen Egg Chair and Ottoman, Denmark, 2004 Melvyn Firmager Infinity Vessel Turned Wood Sculpture, Somerset, England, 1997
Alvar Aalto for Artek Paimio Scroll Chair Model #41, Finland Four Jean Prouve Standard Chairs by Vitra, Germany, 2004, (detail) Gianfranco Angelino (19382010) Studio Turned Wood Bowl, Italy, c. 1995
Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was a Finnish architect and designer of furniture, textiles, and glassware. The span of his career, from the 1920s to the 1970s, is reflected in the styles of his work—from early Nordic Classicism, to a rational International Style of Modernism during the 1930s, to a more organic Modernist style from the 1940s onwards. He is celebrated as the inventor of bent plywood furniture. Stylish and affordable, Aalto’s work remains integral to today’s modern interior designs.
aalto | jacobsen
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bellini | seating Mario Bellini is an internationally renowned architect and designer; twenty-five of his works are in the permanent design collection at MoMA. This sale features a number of models from Bellini’s CAB family of chairs—designed in 1970s, CAB chairs are now signature pieces in Cassina’s Contemporanei collection. CAB was the first chair to feature a freestanding leather structure. Inspired by how human skin fits over the skeleton, the upholstery consists of sixteen pieces of die-cut saddle-grade leather, sewn together, stretched over the chair’s steel “skeleton,” and then held in place by zippers—timeless style combined with the durability of leather which warms over time. Mario Bellini for Cassina Model #415 CAB Lounge Chair, Italy, c. 2000
Hans J. Wegner (19142007) for Andreas Tuck Desk, Denmark, c. 1965 Two Le Corbusier for Cassina “Model LC/2” Armchairs, Italy, c. 1995
Ann Wolff (b. 1937) Goddess in the Rain, Gotland, Sweden, 1985
Gaetano Pesce for Zerodisegno “Nobody’s Perfect” Chair, Italy, 2002
Two Gary Stephan Lithographs Four Marcel Breuer for Thonet “Model B-35” Lounge Chairs, United States, designed 1928
back cover: Edward T. Hurley (18691950) for Rookwood Sea Green Glaze Vase, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1901, (detail)
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