Rudolph Schindler

Lot 337: RUDOLPH SCHINDLER

Name: RUDOLPH SCHINDLER
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 76ff0a6a2e

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMarch 10, 2011

Item Overview

Description

RUDOLPH SCHINDLER ARMCHAIR FROM THE ELLEN JANSON RESIDENCE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA limed pine and fabric upholstery 23 1/8 in. (58.7 cm) high circa 1948

Artist or Maker

Rudolph Schindler

Literature

Elizabeth A. T. Smith and Michael Darling, eds., The Architecture of R. M. Schindler, Los Angeles, 2001, pp. 90 and 95 (for a similar model in Schindler's own residence, King's Road House)
Marla C. Berns, Ed., The Furniture of R. M. Schindler, Seattle, 1997, p. 60-61 (for a drawing and similar model in Schindler's own residence, King's Road House)

Provenance

Ellen Janson, Los Angeles, CA
Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA

Notes

Three examples of this armchair were produced for the Janson residence. One is in the collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, Los Angeles. The second was sold at Sotheby's New York, June 16, 2010, Lot 47.

Auction Details

What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald

Sotheby's

March 10, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

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

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