On June 4, premier Chicago auction house Wright is holding its June Design auction featuring more than 300 lots — from Bauhaus classics to extraordinary items from the California Craft movement — by some of the most influential and notable designers of the 20th century. See the lots here.

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LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE. Barcelona daybed from 860 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Germany, 1928 / 1983 walnut, leather, chrome-plated brass. 206 x 91 x 60 cm. Price est.: $10,000–15,000 Wright 20

Designs by George Nakashima, Charlotte Perriand, Gio Ponti and Finn Juhl will be sold alongside architectural elements by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and much more, revealing a scene of modern American glamour.

SELECTED BY SAMUEL MARX table lamp from the Morton D. May House USA, 1940 woven rope, brass, stained beech, linen 15 dia x 28 h in (38 x 71 cm) estimate: $1,500–2,000
SELECTED BY SAMUEL MARX, table lamp from the Morton D. May House
USA, 1940. woven rope, brass, stained beech, linen. 38 x 71 cm. Price est.: $1,500–2,000 Wright 20

Standing out among the offerings are two collections from celebrated and published interiors with works from the Morton D. May House in Ladue, Missouri, a total work of art by the celebrated architect Samuel Marx, and works from the Mr. and Mrs Edward Goodrich Residence in Los Angeles, California designed by Paul Frankl.

TOMASO BUZZI vasel, model 1643 Venini Italy, c. 1933 incamiciato glass with gold inclusions 6½ dia x 7½ h in (17 x 19 cm) estimate: $3,000–5,000
TOMASO BUZZI, vasel, model 1643, Venini, Italy, c. 1933. incamiciato glass with gold inclusions. 17 x 19 cm. Price est.: $3,000–5,000 Wright 20

The auction also includes the Olympic Torch from Munich Olympics 1972.

Olympic torch, Munich 1972 Friedrich Krupp AG/Olympiagas, Hagri Germany, 1972 stainless steel 8¼ dia x 28¼ h in (21 x 72 cm) estimate: $2,000–3,000 This example was used in the opening ceremony of the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Signed with etched manufacturer's mark to handle: [Spiele der XX Olympiade München 1972].
Olympic torch, Munich 1972. Friedrich Krupp AG/Olympiagas, Hagri, Germany, 1972. stainless steel. 21 x 72 cm. Price est.: $2,000–3,000 Wright 20
This example was used in the opening ceremony of the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Signed with etched manufacturer’s mark to handle: [Spiele der XX Olympiade München 1972].

See all the lots here.

 

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