About Weinberg Modern
Larry Weinberg operates Weinberg Modern in the New York Design Center. In addition to curating an ever-changing collection of unusual and important modernist design and art, Larry writes regularly on design topics for Interior Design Magazine and Modern Magazine. Weinberg Modern’s inventory ranges from vintage iconic examples to esoteric prototypes and fresh discoveries. Larry is a graduate of Amherst College and an alumnus of the Hagley Program in the History of Technology, University of Delaware. He has studied and worked at numerous museums, including Historic Deer...Read More
Featured Pieces
Paul Evans Studio Coffee Table with Welded Steel Base and Elliptical Slate Top
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
A rare Paul Evans coffee table with an elliptical slate top and a welded and patinated steel base, produced by Paul Evans Studio circa 1965. The base, with its arched cruciform shape...
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Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate, Steel
The Stork Club Bar Book
By Paul Rand
Located in New York, NY
First edition, first printing of this classic Madmen-era mixology tome from one of New York's storied nightclubs. 136 pages, 8vo hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Cover and t...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Art and the Machine Book by Sheldon and Martha Cheney
By Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
Seminal early consideration of Machine Age design and architecture in America, tracking the rise of the industrial design profession, written by Sheldon and Martha Cheney and publish...
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Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Books
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Paper
America's Best Small Houses by William J. Hennessey
By George Nelson
Located in New York, NY
1949 survey of small modernist houses in America, compiled and edited by William J. Hennessey based on selections by a jury of architectural photographers including Richard Garrison,...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
The Week-End Library Issue of 1930
By Walt Whitman
Located in New York, NY
Anthology of literary works published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in 1930. Features stories and snippets by "many of the most distinguished literary figures of the day," including ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Books
Materials
Paper
David Wurster Nest of Tables for Raymor
By David Wurster, Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Nest of three tables with birch tops and blackened tubular steel legs. Designed by David Wurster and produced for Richards-Morgentau (Raymor) circa 1952. Wurster's lighting was a reg...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Ta...
Materials
Steel
Adja Yunkers Lithograph "Morketiden"
By Adja Yunkers
Located in New York, NY
Framed abstract lithograph titled "Morketiden (Dark Time)" by Adja Yunkers. #40 in an edition of 90. Signed and dated 1972. Born in Riga, Russia, Yunkers led a highly cosmopolitan li...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Guglielmo Pecorini Extension Dining Table
By Guglielmo Pecorini
Located in New York, NY
Handcrafted extension table of boldly grained oak with chamfered edges and inset leaves by Florentine artisan and designer Guglielmo Pecorini, produced in Italy circa 1950 and purcha...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Pair of Edward Wormley "Alexandria" Chairs for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Pair of sinuous “Alexandria” chairs in mahogany designed by Edward Wormley and produced by Dunbar Furniture circa 1961. One of Wormley’s signature designs. Refinished and with new si...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Silk, Mahogany
Early Ralph Rapson Rocker for Knoll
By Ralph Rapson
Located in New York, NY
Rocker designed by Minneapolis-based architect Ralph Rapson. Part of a line of chairs designed for Knoll and produced for a short time just after WWII. Rapson was a student at Cranbr...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Birch
James Bearden Sculpture "Woven #5"
By James Bearden
Located in New York, NY
Abstract sculpture of torch-cut steel and bronze by American artist James Bearden. From his “Woven” series, 2019. Bearden's work was featured in a 2020 solo exhibition at the NY Desi...
Category
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Arthur Collani Tilt-Back Chair
By Arthur Collani
Located in New York, NY
Vintage tilt-back "Porch" chair of Douglas fir plywood with solid birch slats. Home construction project, based on a pattern by Arthur Collani, whose designs appeared in Home Craftsm...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
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