Dan on Design: Post-Auction Picks for the May 6, 2012 Auction

May 14, 2012

Dan Tolson, Director of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design, picks his top post-auction offers and weighs in on the designs you can’t live without. Each of these designs are available now and can be bought at an all-in price. Read more about each of these unsold lots from the May 6th Modern Art & Design Auction and why Dan made them his post-auction picks.

LOT 183
ARNE JACOBSEN
EGG CHAIR & OTTOMAN
Available price: $10,000

This is an excellent vintage example of perhaps the most iconic chair of the 20th century. No design collection is complete without an example of this chair.

LOT 34
HENDRIK VAN KEPPEL & TAYLOR GREEN
CHAIR & SIDE TABLE
Available price: $2,500

LOT 35
HENDRIK VAN KEPPEL & TAYLOR
COUCH & COCKTAIL TABLE
Available price: $5,000

This is a rare opportunity to acquire furniture by one of the most important and influential Los Angeles design partnerships of the 20th century. For a modest outlay the two sets would complete the lounge or sitting room of any mid-century architect designed home. Not only that, but the suite also comes with impeccable provenance. This set is from the house of the founders of Architectural Pottery, Max and Rita Lawrence, who contributed to the way of living in Los Angeles in the 1950s with the concept of indoor-outdoor living.

LOT 39
RICHARD SHAW
ARTIST’S HOUSE OF CARDS
Available price: $10,000

This is a superb conversation piece for any collection. It brings to mind the tromp l’oiel of the finest 17th century Dutch painting.

LOT 202
CHARLES & RAY EAMES
PAIR OF DRAFTING CHAIRS
Available price: $2,500

LOT 203
CHARLES & RAY EAMES
TANDEM SLING SEATING UNIT
Available price: $3,750

LOT 271
CHARLES & RAY EAMES
STORAGE UNIT
Available price: $7,500

This is the first auction in the history of Los Angeles Modern Auctions that we haven’t sold any works by Charles & Ray Eames. Charles & Ray were undoubtedly the most important Los Angeles designers and architects of the 20th century and arguably the most influential since the Bauhaus movement. Their influence extended beyond the boundaries of California to the nation as a whole and beyond. They were visionaries who changed the modern landscape, the we way we live and interact. I feel that in some ways their genius has been taken for granted in recent years, supplanted by the lure of their European contemporaries.

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Available price includes 25% buyer’s premium, but does not include tax.