George Sakier

Lot 155: GEORGE SAKIER

Name: GEORGE SAKIER
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 554465d709

Est: $7,000 USD - $9,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMarch 07, 2012

Item Overview

Description

COLLECTION OF NINE VASES
comprising model nos. 2387, 2428, 2425, 2408, 2404 and 2409 in topaz yellow, green, rose pink, wisteria and amber colored glass
12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) high for the tallest
circa 1935
manufactured by Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV

Artist or Maker

George Sakier

Literature

Janet Kardon, ed., Craft in the Machine Age: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft 1920-1945, New York, 1995, p. 160
Leslie A. Piña, Fostoria: Designer George Sakier, Atglen, PA, 1996, pp. 17 and 22-27
J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000, p. 59
John Stuart Gordon, A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920-1950, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 103 (for an example of the "Lotus" Vase, Model No. 2428, in the collection of John C. Waddell)

Auction Details

20th Century Design including a Private Collection of Mid-Century Design and Ceramic Art

Sotheby's

March 07, 2012, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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