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Robert Loughlin Decorative Boxes

American, 1949-2011

Robert Loughlin, an artist and quirky sage of Modernist design. Born in Alameda, California, in 1949, his interest in design flourished at a young age. His work as a picker and dealer in 20th-century furnishings influenced high-end interior decoration in the United States. Collectors and decorators anointed Loughlin, a celebrity, soon after he arrived in New York in the 1980s, seeing in him an unusual amalgam of talents that set him apart from most pickers who provided designers and dealers with their wares. Equal parts artist, art historian, scavenger and horse-trader, Loughlin schooled a generation of collectors in the high quality of half-forgotten Modern and mid-century designers, not by writing or lecturing about them, but by scouring flea markets and thrift stores for discarded pieces of their work and selling them.

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Creator: Robert Loughlin
Robert Loughlin “27 - 05” Painted Wooden Box
By Robert Loughlin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painting on a found wooden box with thread spools by New York City picking and art legend, Robert Loughlin. Signed and marked “RL, 27-05” on the interior. Featured in the 2021 exhibi...
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Early 2000s American Robert Loughlin Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Paint

Robert Loughlin “27 - 05” Painted Wooden Box
Robert Loughlin “27 - 05” Painted Wooden Box

Robert Loughlin “27 - 05” Painted Wooden Box

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