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Rocket Sculptures Mobile
Located in Chicago, IL
Three steel cast rockets movable and suspended on 16 foot long cables.
Each sculpture has designated cable. Turn buckle mounting mechanism on each cable.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Wire
Macrame
Located in Chicago, IL
Knitted wool wall-mounted tapestry. Item contains seven individual pieces. unsigned but numbered.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Large Brass Pineapple Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Large-scale vase is made with solid brass.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Brass
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
By Roy Lichtenstein, Yoko Ono 1, Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more.
S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers.
Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.
Volume No. 1 February 1968
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy.
Volume No. 2 April 1968
Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas.
Volume No. 3 June 1968
Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf.
Volume No. 4 August 1968
Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Florence Knoll Desk
By Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll International Planed Office Group double pedestal desk with modesty panel model 1503.
Features five drawers one for files.
Modesty panel shows steel reveal details.
(Ten mor...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Tommi Parzinger Brass Pitcher
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass Pitcher with lid and walnut handle.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Brass
Marcello Fantoni Sculpture
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni, Untitled, Copper and Steel, 1960
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
Gabor Kalman Brutalist Steel Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Kalman takes steel and torch-cuts it, then contours it for a Brutalist effect.
Signed base Gabor Kalman '68.
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Sculptures
Materials
Cut Steel
Milo Baughman Dining Table for Directional
By Milo Baughman, Directional
Located in Chicago, IL
Milo Baughman Dining Table for Directional, Striped multi-wood table top: rosewood, walnut, and ash. Two additional matching leaves.
The Table extends from 72" to 108" fully extended...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut, Ash
Pair of Carrara Marble End Tables
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian marble end tables, polished Carrara marble with offset square edge details, top 2.5" thick top sits on 10" x 10" square column securely. Measure: Total height 22.75".
[Stamp...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Marble End Table in the Style of Lucia Mercer
By Lucia Mercer
Located in Chicago, IL
Barrel shaped solid marble stump table.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Early Marchello Fantoni Vase
By Fantoni, Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Marchello Fantoni vase, Abstract geometric designs with blue glaze.
Signed underside "Fantoni" Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Lightolier Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
16-light chandelier by Lightolier.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Casella Desk or Table Lamp
By Casella Lighting
Located in Chicago, IL
Casella desk lamp, chrome plated with T-base and cantilevered light source.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Carl Auböck III Fondue Set
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Auböck III Fondue set, by Riess: Enameled steel, stainless steel,
Austria, circa 1980
Signed underside.
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Metal
Pair of Solid Calcutta Marble Lamps Robsjohn Gibbings Style
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of solid calcutta marble lamps Robsjohn Gibbings style, brass stem with double cluster sockets.
Lamps are great working order.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
J.J. McVicker Painting
By J.J. McVicker
Located in Chicago, IL
"Black Over Green", 1970.
Jesse Jay McVicker (b.1911-d.2004) was an American painter, printmaker and sculptor. Born in Oklahoma McVicker studied ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Saint Pierre and Miquelon Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Six Cup Espresso Set by Lagardo Tackett
By Lagardo Tackett
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of six cups and dishes in original packaging.
Signed
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Linda Kramer Ceramic Chairs
By Linda Kramer
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of five ceramic chairs sculpture by Chicago based artist Linda Kramer.
Measures: Chair heights: 5.5", 7.5", 10.25", 14.5", 19.5"
Born in New York City in 1937, raised in C...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sergio Asti Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Unique Sergio Asti architectural sculpture. Patinaed reflective glaze over ceramic. Hand signed on underside, Sergio Asti, 1971.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fantoni Bowl
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni bowl, outer edge fluctuations with colorful glazes
Signed underside Fantoni italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Ram's Skull Silver Plated
Located in Chicago, IL
Rams skull rests on plinth base. Marked "Made in France on underside from Wingate and Johnston"
Category
Vintage 1960s French Aesthetic Movement Mounted Objects
Materials
Silver
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Brass Floral Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass floor lamp features cut-out petals and leaf details.
Has exposed lighting element and takes multiple bulb styles, shown here clear bulb.
Base has spotted patina consistent with...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modern Grandfather Clock by Howard Miller
By George Nelson, Howard Miller
Located in Chicago, IL
Modern grandfather clock by Howard Miller, chrome and Lucite.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Grandfather Clocks and Longcas...
Materials
Metal
Geometric Glass Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Geometric textured outside body
Category
Vintage 1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Ceramic Male Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic male figure, fired stoneware with monochromatic pattern.
Incised signature underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early Peter Voulkus Ceramic Vase
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Peter Voulkus ceramic vase early 1960'd
[unsigned].
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Vases
Materials
Ceramic
In the Style of Angelo Lelli Table Lamp
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Chicago, IL
Black tubular steel frame with adjustable chrome-plated fixture.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Ceramic Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Black ceramic vase with white/gray volcanic like glaze technique.
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Holmegaard Vase
By Holmegaard
Located in Chicago, IL
Green transparent vase
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Black and White Ceramic Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Black ceramic vase with white glaze drips
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg Terma Pitcher for Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Dark purple toned pitcher. Stamped on underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Arthur Umanoff Wine Rack
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Wrought iron and leather strapped wine rack.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wine Coolers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Paul McCobb Pitcher
By Paul McCobb
Located in Chicago, IL
Serving Pitcher with twist locking lid.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Vanity Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass plated Nickel desk or vanity mirror. fully extended depth is 3.5
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Textured Porcupine Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Textured Porcupine vase, stamp on underside.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Enzo Mari Style Sculpture
By Enzo Mari
Located in Chicago, IL
Enzo Mari style sculpture, solid steel mass with architectural elements.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Largardo Tackett Pitchers
By Lagardo Tackett
Located in Chicago, IL
Porcelain Pitchers by Largardo Tackett, Marked on underside.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Dansk Cutting Board
Located in Chicago, IL
Walnut cutting board.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Walnut
Horse Sculpture
By A. Mead
Located in Chicago, IL
Horse sculpture, signed Jo Mead.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Blenko Glass Top Cowboy Hat
By Blenko Glass
Located in Chicago, IL
Purple glass blown in the shape of a top hat.
stamped
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Vladimir Kagan Style Chaise
By Directional, Vladimir Kagan
Located in Chicago, IL
Vladimir Kagan Style Chaise, Long Chaise with asymmetric arm design detail and lumbar support.
Reupholstered with Great Plains Boucle, solid waln...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Florence Knoll Three-Seat Sofa
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll Three-Seat Sofa reupholstered with Great Plains "Teddy" warm silver heavy boucle made of alpaca, and wool.
Solid maple-turned tapered legs.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Bouclé, Maple
Georges Jouve Crucifix
By Georges Jouve
Located in Chicago, IL
Georges Jouve Crucifix in Black glazed earthenware
Inscribed to top 'INRI'.
Incised signature and artist's cipher to verso ‘Jouve’.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Georges Jouve Soleil Bowl
By Georges Jouve
Located in Chicago, IL
Georges Jouve Soleil Bowl, Black glazed earthenware.
Incised artist's cipher to the underside.
France, circa 1950
It can hang on the wall.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Roger Capron Bowl
By Roger Capron
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron Bowl, Glazed Earthenware Made in France, c. 1960
Glazed earthenware, signature to underside ‘Capron Vallauris M82’.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Earthenware
Tony Rosenthal Relief
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Wall sculpture "RVER RUN AGAIN" by Rosenthal, torch-cut, burned and painted aluminum. Etched signature lower right and verso Rosenthal 61 (shown last image).
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Hugh Acton Slat Bench
By Hugh Acton
Located in Chicago, IL
Hugh Acton Slat Bench in oiled walnut with solid brass supports. Originally designed in 1950 this later produced in a small batch by Hugh Acton Inc.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Brass
Verdi Alpi Marble Pedestal Mangiarotti Style
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Verdi Alpi Marble Pedestal, Mangiarotti Style
Italian marble extracted in northern Italy. It presents different tonalities of green, enriched by del...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Pedestals
Materials
Marble
Maison Jansen Style Faux Metal Bamboo Round Cocktail Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Chicago, IL
Maison Jansen Style Faux Metal Bamboo Round Cocktail Table, Bronze base with half circle supports and hooved feet inset 1/2" bronze tinted glass.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Rosewood Case Sofa
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Chicago, IL
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Rosewood Case Sofa. rosewood veneer with lacquer finish, chrome tubular feet reupholstered with nubby cotton-pol...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas
Materials
Cotton, Rosewood
Hans-Agne Jakobsson Five Globe Pastoral Chandelier
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Chicago, IL
Hans-Agne Jakobsson five globe pastoral chandelier, model T 384/5
Brass and glass by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB Sweden, 1965
(Lamp stem can be short...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Tony Rosenthal Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Rosenthal bronze sculpture.
1965, untitled.
Stamped "Rosenthal, 1965."
Nice original patina.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Florence Knoll Custom Wall-Mounted Cabinet by Knoll Associates
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll custom wall-mounted cabinet by Knoll Associates for H.J. Heinz Co, Pittsburgh.
This custom wall-mounted cabinet with a Calcutta marble top...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
Luigi Caccia Dominioni 'Ambrosianeum" High-Back Lounge Chairs
By Azucena
Located in Chicago, IL
Luigi Caccia Dominioni "Ambrosianeum" high-back lounge chairs for Azucena, reupholstered with high pile mohair. Solid walnut legs and inset notched handles are decorative and functio...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Verner Panton Rug for Edward Fields
By Edward Fields, Verner Panton
Located in Chicago, IL
Panton for Edward Fields custom Op-Art rug.
[Signed Edward Fields Panton 23135] on Verso.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Pair of Vladimir Attributed Lounge Chairs and Ottomans
By Vladimir Kagan, Directional
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Vladimir attributed lounge chairs and ottomans, reupholstered with Italian Boucle.
Preview Label on underside
Measures: Ottoman
H 17"
W 24.75"
D 22.5".
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Upholstery
Knoll Wall Sconce
By Peter Hamburger, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Crylicord wall lamp by Peter Hamburger for Knoll, (never used sconce), with original box.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Richard Schultz Prototype Topiary Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
Important hand-produced aluminum prototype was created to determine if the form, comfort and structure of the bench was appropriate prior to programming the computerized equipment th...
Category
1990s Loveseats
Materials
Aluminum
