Roth Modern

Three narrow panels each approximately measures 15" x 48". Probably made as valences.

This head and hand are all that remain of Vally Wieselthier’s masterpiece installed at the Wiener Werkstätte America's Manhattan NYC showroom. For an en situ photo see: Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie...

Anglo-Indian 'Sadeli' bone and ebony inlay chessboard and backgammon box.

Anglo-Indian Bone inlay Ebony Chess Board 'Sadeli' work box.

Louise Bourgeois Cup and Saucer in its original Museum of Modern Art box.

Important Machine Age Streamlined Electric Pencil Sharpener Designed by Edward G. Hoffmann.

Four hand Painted and footed 19c. Tole Planters. Retaining two Michael Walter Lexington Gardens NYC labels

Untouched original surface. Colorful floral vignettes on a 'buttermilk clay' painted surface. Retains original hardware.

Famous example of the earliest wood bending process, created by Jean-Joseph Chapuis (Belgium 1765-1864).

Offering a very rare (not noted in Waldman 'Ellsworth Kelly drawings, collages, prints' 1971.) and extremely important poster for what was perh...

Literature: 'Gli Artisti di Venini', Fondazione Georgio Cini, pg. 68 illustrates examples from the series.

Monkey sculpture of iridized clear and black glass.

The rare 1920s original in original fabric.

Clear glass with silver inclusions. Wired.

'Adam & Eve' One of the unique 'Scavo' pieces from the fabulous wall created by Martinuzzi for Gino Cenedese, 1950s . Photos demonstrate the very different but equally effective ...

Large NYC 1960s Nobumitsu ‘Nobu’ Fukui oil on canvas. Measures: 47" x 47", signed on the back, framed. The artist made smaller prints (both on paper and on canvas) of this image.

A period plaster mirror/display. Manner of Serge Roche, Francis Elkins, Syrie Maughan or Dorothy Draper. Mirror itself measures 14" x 12", a very ornate and wide frame measures: 25" ...

A table lamp in three metals: brass, copper and steel, with a painted mica shade (on side lost). By the modern American decorator Jule Bouy (1872-1937) circa 1925. H. 19", Base is 5...

In old green paint, an early and beautifully cast version of this Prussian Classic.

Four original period cantilever canvas and tubular steel side chairs. Manufactured by Thonet or Robert Slezak.

A 72" x 48" silkscreen printed linen circa 1919 by Bianchini-Ferrier of the iconic 'La Danse' by Raoul Dufy.

A pair of classic Breuer designs in original unrefinished condition.

M.S.V. Boberman designed 5'1" x 7'11" French Deco wool rug by DIM (Decoration Interieure Moderne).

Period pair of plaster and in original white paint, of the iconic Jacques Grange table lamp commissioned by Yves Saint Laurent for the Rive G...

Of the highest quality. A small triangular hand wrought art deco table, of iron and bronze with a black glass top. The maker most likely is Edgar Brandt, both a French and American ...

Four classic old hall plates with Aesthetic Movement Decoration ('Excelsior' design), the design attributed to Christopher Dresser.   

An original and rare pastel drawing design for the decoration of a German Weimar Republic pottery plate by a Bauhaus or Bauhaus influenced student. Attached: a spread from 'Sammlung ...

This original Mourlot Lithograph is included in 'The Posters of Picasso' 1964 Joseph E Foster, as Plate 38. Regarding this work Foster writes: "As is characteristic, design and let...

Abstract wiggly concentric spiral design in violet and red with black accents on s bluish green field enameled on a shallow hammered copper bowl. Signature on bottom states: Made in ...

Folding Campaign Chair. Instructions for folding on bottom of chair (still can't figure how it works). Ebonized wood carved to resemble whittled branches.

For Alessi, by Patricia Urquiola, an irregular abstract geometric bowl with pentagon facets formed in Stainless Steel. Fully signed on Bottom.

Large and important vase by the French Mid Century Potter Marcel Guillot. Abstract 'Hourglass' form in yellow and greys on a white ground.

An early Shaker 'Tilter' side chair, This is a tilter that has lost its tilters.

An extremely rare Shaker (most likely Mount Lebanon) #4 Armless Rocker. Maple with original 'mahogany' finish. Original Splint Seat. Unusual lack of Pommels. Though stamped #4 on th...

An American Modernist (Machine Age) Brass swing arm table lamp. This is a rare early version of the Nessen Swing Arm. No signature or patent numbers. Rather heavy cast iron base be...

Important Niki de Saint Phalle lithographed poster for the Alexandre Iolas Gallery, Paris titled "Machine a Rever" (Dream Machine).Prin...

Amber glass with a meandering etched line outlining a hand holding the bowl. Signed and dated 1980, and annotated as a gift in 1982. Peter Pellettieri (1939-1997), was a Fulbright...

Rare example of the young designers work for Schramberg.

Rare example of the important work the young Eva Zeisel accomplished for Schramberg in 1929-1930. See period photo from 'EVA ZEISEL:D...

Extremely rare and important example of the young Eva Zeisel's early work for the German Majolica Factory Schramberg.

Axial symmetric French Art Deco rug in beiges. See Christies Mar 26 2008 lot 39 for a similar type rug.

Two glamour shots by Victor Skrebneski of Paulina Porizkova, image size 10 3/8" square, on 14 3/8" x 11" Kodak C-print paper.

The four stacking tables with the vertical slats only (better, I think without the additional decorative squared grill ornament).

Classic and famous version of the bentwood (beech) chair by Thonet, Vienna 1880-1883. Stained bent beech, original surface. Old if not original caneing. Rarer and more beautiful with...

Two rarevcast aluminum salt and pepper sets-"Hugs" and "Kisses", designed by Karim Rashid for Nambe. The larger: 9x3 1/2x2 7/16" and the smaller: 5x2 7/16 x 1.

An early drawing by the famous French/American Pop/New Realist artist. Combining two of the artists motifs- paint tubes and multiplicity. A period 'Pop' work retains an Andrew Crispo...

A very important work, both historically and aesthetically-"Getting madly drunk out of an earthenware goblet", by Gaboku Ogawa c.1953, exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art show "Abstract Japanese...

Rare classic of American Machine Age Modernism, designed by the important architect William Lescaze and manufactured as the 'Alabax' Porcelain Lighting Fixture by Pass and Seymour c...

The classic, and ultra high quality adjustable (36" to 42") floor lamps, with lucite dimmer switch.

Machine Age small Teapot Nickel plated brass with wood knob, Unsigned and uncleaned. Designed by the famous Hungarian/American Artist/Designer- Ilonka Karasz, perhaps most known for...

An assembled group of five different turquoise enamel and black steel Krenit Bowls manufactured between 1954 and 1966. 9 3/4"diameter x 4 3/8" height, 6 1/4" diameter x 2 3/4" height...

Richly sculpted, and gilt Neo Classical small wall mirror

A rare pin by Lichtenstein (CORE Button R.L.C.R. 1208, RL5050) for The Congress for Racial Equality. During the 1960's, shows and auctions were held by groups of contemporary artists in support of the Civil Rights Movement...

Kota Reliquary of classic form. Brass and iron over wood. On an old base, with an old number label. Ex Estate of Willliam Kohler, Christies NY 'Important Tribal Art' Nov 20 1997.

A rare pair of original hand cut silhouettes by the Hungarian-American deco sculpture Wilhelm Hunt Diederich, circa 1925. In period frames (unexamined out of frames), titles annotated in pencil on the circular cut mattes- "The Mad Russian" and "Death in the Afternoon". The black paper silhouettes...

The results of the artists' study of the forms that have been consistent in art throughout its history regardless of place or culture. This is a 'negative' version of the original 19...

Early example of American Modernism by the important architect William Lescaze. Reference: Phillips NY "Pioneers of American Design" 6/11/01 lot 73, an...

Crafted by A. & H. Lejambre in Philadelphia, circa 1880. The top is mahogany bordered with ebony and brass trim, and is inlaid with an Egyptian scarab and a bee in exotic woods. ...

This is the original and complete edition of the Classic. Contains all 60 plates.

Important side table illustrated in Artistic Houses in the Japanese library of the Edward H. Williams house, Philadelphia PA.