Important 20th Century Design Followed By The Farnsworth House, 1945-1951 2003 Sotheby's New York Smoking Accoutrements

Important 20th Century Design Followed By The Farnsworth House, 1945-1951 2003 Sotheby's New York Smoking Accoutrements[279] pp. Lots 501 730 Sotheby's New York 2003 10 5 8" x 8 3 8" The Farnsworth House is a historical house designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. The house was constructed as a one room weekend retreat in a rural setting in Plano, Illinois, southwest of Chicago's downtown. The steel and glass house was commissioned by Edith Farnsworth. Van der Rohe created a 1,500 square foot (140 m2) structure that is widely

Alexandre Borissovich Serebriakoff was a Russian painter

he provided illustrations for the Surrealist magazine View

the youngest child of Claude-Joseph Vernet and the father of Horace Vernet

Sz: 4"D x 2"H

At the same time technological advances in the bronze industry transformed sculpture from an art form for public plazas and the rich to art for living rooms and vestibules of even the middle class

w/ decorations by Rex Whistler

Illustrated w/ drawings by Paul Brown

Image Sz: 13 3/4"H x 18 5/8"W

with his work seen in top fashion magazines

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John Paige

Dalrymple-Hamilton on the sporting waters of the Alten river in northern Norway