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September 27, 2023
Art and Design
Lot 166
  1. Mel Smilow - Desk
  2. Mel Smilow - Desk
  3. Mel Smilow - Desk
  4. Mel Smilow - Desk
  5. Mel Smilow - Desk
  1. Mel Smilow - Desk
  2. Mel Smilow - Desk
  3. Mel Smilow - Desk
  4. Mel Smilow - Desk
  5. Mel Smilow - Desk
Lot 166
Mel Smilow
American (1922-2002)
Desk
Medium

walnut

Dimensions

30 x 56 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

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Description

Mel Smilow for Smilow-Thielle, desk with six drawers and one pull out tray

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Provenance

From a Private Manhattan Collection

Condition

overall good condition, with some scratches, abrasions

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  1. Image for Lot Jean-Paul Turmel - Song de Fait 1
  2. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Crow's Nest #4 2
  3. Image for Lot Jean-Paul Turmel - Untitled (Blue, Black, and Brown Abstract) 3
  4. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Perpetual Motion 4
  5. Image for Lot Edmund E. Niemann - Untitled (Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue) / Untitled (Abstract Linear Figure) (2 Works) 5
  6. Image for Lot Lynne Golob Gelfman - Composition in Pink / Composition in Blue (2 Works) 6
  7. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Vertical Sway 7
  8. Image for Lot Jean-Paul Turmel - La Nuit des Signes 8
  9. Image for Lot Sokichi Suga - Untitled (Painted Relief) 9
  10. Image for Lot Paul Russotto - Cezanne's Apple 10
  11. Image for Lot Guillermo Ceniceros - Untitled (Landscape) 11
  12. Image for Lot Mona Kuhn - Ravine (from the Native series) 12
  13. Image for Lot Nancy Brett - Wing Rd. 13
  14. Image for Lot Mona Kuhn - Virgin Forest (from the Native series) 14
  15. Image for Lot Nancy Brett - River 15
  16. Image for Lot Sokichi Suga - Untitled (Blue and Red Dot) 16
  17. Image for Lot Don Nice - Mayart Predella 17
  18. Image for Lot Douglas James Maguire - Off Little Tonche 18
  19. Image for Lot Elizabeth Harms - Double Yellow 19
  20. Image for Lot Fiona Weedon - Tears and Flowers 20
  21. Image for Lot Belle Manes - Afternoon Shade 21
  22. Image for Lot David Raab - After The Thaw 22
  23. Image for Lot Elaine Kurtz - Nonet 23
  24. Image for Lot Jean B. Campbell - Wake Up Thomas Cole 24
  25. Image for Lot Willard Lustenader - Untitled In Black & Green 25
  26. Image for Lot Aaron Fink - Double Hats 26
  27. Image for Lot Aaron Fink - Mandarin Orange 27
  28. Image for Lot Cicero Greathouse - Untitled 28
  29. Image for Lot George Snyder - Fractured Tube 29
  30. Image for Lot Gordon Moore - Neo Formal 30
  31. Image for Lot Donald Alberti - Untitled 31
  32. Image for Lot Gordon Moore - Untitled 32
  33. Image for Lot Ricardo Benaim - Small Open Book, Group of 3 33
  34. Image for Lot Bryan Hunt - Quarry at Tuy 34
  35. Image for Lot Catherine McCarthy - The Return of Leaf and Flower 35
  36. Image for Lot Margaret Lewczuk - Nightingale 36
  37. Image for Lot Hugh Kepets - W 11th St. II, Brass Rail 37
  38. Image for Lot Albert Irvin - Concordia II 38
  39. Image for Lot Albert Irvin - Concordia III 39
  40. Image for Lot Hugh Kepets - W 11th St. I Blue Rail 40
  41. Image for Lot Larry Rivers - Portrait of Sylvia Miles 41
  42. Image for Lot Alfonse Borysewicz - The Balance 42
  43. Image for Lot Jay Davis - Untitled (One Tall White Structure with House Connected to One Small Structure with House) 43
  44. Image for Lot Carroll Dunham - Untitled 44
  45. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Rhythmic Wave 45
  46. Image for Lot Sandra Lerner - Untitled (Composition in Blue) 46
  47. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Blue Tide 47
  48. Image for Lot Edmund E. Niemann - Inner View 48
  49. Image for Lot Aima Saint Hunon - Arcaelic 49
  50. Image for Lot Antonio Carreno - De Tierra Somos (We Are Made of Earth) 50
  51. Image for Lot Aima Saint Hunon - Odyssee 51
  52. Image for Lot Douglas D. Craft - Dragonfly Series #8 52
  53. Image for Lot Edmund E. Niemann - Cityscape at Night 53
  54. Image for Lot Jane Couch - Red/Green Painting 54
  55. Image for Lot Douglas D. Craft - Dragonfly Series #7 55
  56. Image for Lot Josh Dayton - The Trembling 56
  57. Image for Lot Liz Rosenblum - Zorasto's Rocket 57
  58. Image for Lot Thomas Buildmore - B Company Series 58
  59. Image for Lot Jenna Pirello - Untitled 59
  60. Image for Lot Beverly Gayleen Aiken - Cousin Gawlean Raimbilli 60
  61. Image for Lot Michael Hammecker - 2 Works on Paper 61
  62. Image for Lot Catalina Viejo Rodo Zolo - Rondo Down / KG Pop / Rasheed Profile / Pierce Yellow (4 Works) 62
  63. Image for Lot Damion Silver - Wrong Way 63
  64. Image for Lot Clementine Reuben Hunter - Untitled (Dance) 64
  65. Image for Lot William Dawson - Untitled (Woman in Dress) 65
  66. Image for Lot Jeanne Risica and Ronald Ottaviano - Your craving melts in golden balls of music. 66
  67. Image for Lot Albert Bela Bauer - Untitled (Train Station) 67
  68. Image for Lot William Dawson - Untitled (Man) 68
  69. Image for Lot Rita Edelman - 133 - Shore Ride 69
  70. Image for Lot Jeanne Risica - What's the meaning, What's the meaning of life? 70
  71. Image for Lot Richard Pugliese - Silent Oracle 71
  72. Image for Lot Jenna Krypell - Rose 72
  73. Image for Lot Jeanne Risica and Ronald Ottaviano - You think the heaviness will crush you. Well it doesn't. / Untitled (2 Works) 73
  74. Image for Lot Richard Smith - Logo Suite, B 74
  75. Image for Lot Jeanne Risica - What's the meaning, What's the meaning of life? 75
  76. Image for Lot Richard Smith - Logo Suite (Purple) 76
  77. Image for Lot Thomas Roy Markusen - Wall Hanging 77
  78. Image for Lot René Herbst - Jug and Stopper for Maison Cusenier 79
  79. Image for Lot Auguste Goor - Vase 80
  80. Image for Lot Atlelier Primavera - Atlelier Primavera Large Pottery Vase 81
  81. Image for Lot Foley Intarsio - Twin Handled Theater Much Ado About Nothing Vase 82
  82. Image for Lot Étienne Vilotte & Poterie De Ciboure - Amphora Vase 83
  83. Image for Lot Étienne Vilotte & Poterie De Ciboure - Jug 84
  84. Image for Lot Étienne Vilotte & Poterie De Ciboure - Hunting Vase 85
  85. Image for Lot Italian Centaur Vase 86
  86. Image for Lot Vase with Classical Scene 87
  87. Image for Lot Ceramic Art Nouveau Vase with Gold Lustre 88
  88. Image for Lot Lenci - Bottle 89
  89. Image for Lot Sèvres Ceramic Platter with Centaur Scene 90
  90. Image for Lot Ylyne - Ceramic Dish with Taxi Scene 91
  91. Image for Lot Charles Catteau - Geomertic Vase 92
  92. Image for Lot Helen König Scavini - Lenci Figural Group, Nudino Su Elefante 93
  93. Image for Lot Ceramic Lamp Base 94
  94. Image for Lot Walter Inglis Anderson (attributed) - Art Deco Football/Rugby Players, Group of 2 95
  95. Image for Lot Pisgah Forest Pottery - Cameo Vase 96
  96. Image for Lot Compton Pottery Guildford - Figural Bookends, Pair 97
  97. Image for Lot California Faience - Yellow Vase 98
  98. Image for Lot Wiener Werkstätte - Figure Tray 99
  99. Image for Lot John C. Virden Company - Black Deco Stenciled Design Shade 100
  100. Image for Lot Italian Ceramics, Group of 3 101
  101. Image for Lot Maison Desny (attributed) - Art Deco Adjustable Desk Lamp 104
  102. Image for Lot Horoplafon France - Art Deco Projector Clock with Lamp 105
  103. Image for Lot Marianne Von Allesch - Cubist Lamps, Group of 2 106
  104. Image for Lot Mintons - Mintons and Other Tiles, Group of 13 107
  105. Image for Lot Derek Uhlman - Illusionsary Duolith II 108
  106. Image for Lot Warren Seelig - Oval 109
  107. Image for Lot J. Pindyck Miller - Solstice II 110
  108. Image for Lot Warren Seelig - Double Ended 111
  109. Image for Lot Tony Rosenthal - Maquette for Big Six 112
  110. Image for Lot Edmund E. Niemann - Chirkendooze (Duck) 113
  111. Image for Lot J. Pindyck Miller - Solstice I 114
  112. Image for Lot Derek Uhlman - Standing Stone #2 115
  113. Image for Lot William LaChance - Jaunt Forma, 27 116
  114. Image for Lot William LaChance - Jaunt Forma, 15 117
  115. Image for Lot Derek Uhlman - Illusionsary Duolith #1 118
  116. Image for Lot William LaChance - Jaunt Forma, 29 119
  117. Image for Lot Velizar Mihich Vasa - Untitled (Column) 120
  118. Image for Lot attributed to Franz Mayer Studio - Blue and Green Hexagonal Circle Stained Glass Panel 121
  119. Image for Lot attributed to Franz Mayer Studio - Twelve Pointed Stars Stained Glass Panel 122
  120. Image for Lot attributed to Franz Mayer Studio - Blue and Gold Hexagonal Circles Stained Glass Panel 123
  121. Image for Lot attributed to Franz Mayer Studio - Blue and Red Square Stained Glass Panel 124
  122. Image for Lot attributed to Franz Mayer Studio - Blue and Green Stained Glass Panel 125
  123. Image for Lot Gracie Studios - Chinoiserie Folding Screen with Garden Scene with Figures 126
  124. Image for Lot Gracie Studios - Chinoiserie Folding Screen with Garden Scene with Figures 127
  125. Image for Lot Gracie Studios - Chinoiserie Folding Screen with Garden Scene with Birds 128
  126. Image for Lot Gracie Studios - Chinoiserie Folding Screen with Garden Scene with Birds 129
  127. Image for Lot Herve van der Straeten - Boule Planter 130
  128. Image for Lot After Alberto Giacometti - Andirons, Pair 131
  129. Image for Lot Tommi Parzinger - Table Lamps, Pair 132
  130. Image for Lot Massimo Micheluzzi - Murano Vase 133
  131. Image for Lot Hervé van der Straeten - Solaire n° 214 Mirror 134
  132. Image for Lot Pablo Picasso - Viasge et Hibou (A.R. 407) 135
  133. Image for Lot Marble Console Table 136
  134. Image for Lot Mario Bellini - Pair of Camaleonda Lounge Chairs 137
  135. Image for Lot Mel Smilow - Modern Walnut Daybed/Sofa 138
  136. Image for Lot Tiffany Studios - Ten-Light "Lily" Table Lamp w/ 6 LCT Shades 139
  137. Image for Lot Warren Platner - Lounge Chairs, Pair 140
  138. Image for Lot Warren Platner - End Table 141
  139. Image for Lot Herman Miller - Eames Dining Table 142
  140. Image for Lot Milo Baughman - Barrel Back Lounge Chairs, Pair 143
  141. Image for Lot Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Brno Chairs, Group of 4 144
  142. Image for Lot Emeco - 1006 Navy Chairs, group of 5 145
  143. Image for Lot Herman Miller - Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman 146
  144. Image for Lot Emeco - 1006 Navy Chairs, group of 6 147
  145. Image for Lot Mel Smilow - Mid-Century Woven Strap Chairs, Set of 3 148
  146. Image for Lot Eero Saarinen-Knoll - Chairs, Set of 8 149
  147. Image for Lot Mid Century Danish Lounge Chair 150
  148. Image for Lot Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin - Recliner 151
  149. Image for Lot Wrought Iron Bistro Chairs, Pair 152
  150. Image for Lot Chrome Day Bed Frame 153
  151. Image for Lot Chrome and Wood Daybed / Chair Frame 154
  152. Image for Lot Iron and Glass Coffee Table 155
  153. Image for Lot Mel Smilow - Walnut Slat Bench Side Tables, Set of 2 156
  154. Image for Lot Waterfall Console Table 157
  155. Image for Lot Karl Springer Style Console Desk 158
  156. Image for Lot Mid Century Circular Side Table 159
  157. Image for Lot Mid Century Table 160
  158. Image for Lot Tubular Chromed Steel and Enameled Étagère 161
  159. Image for Lot George Nelson for Herman Miller - Thin Edge Ebonized Front Cabinet 162
  160. Image for Lot George Nelson for Herman Miller - Thin Edge Ebonized Front Two Door Cabinet 163
  161. Image for Lot Mel Smilow - Modern Credenza and Cabinet 164
  162. Image for Lot Mel Smilow - Modern Credenzas with Cabinets 165
  163. Image for Lot Mel Smilow - Desk 166
  164. Image for Lot Scandinavian Style Mid Century Bookcases, Group of 2 167
  165. Image for Lot Mid Century Low Cabinets, Pair 168
  166. Image for Lot Mel Smilow - Mid-Century Walnut Dressers, Group of 3 169
  167. Image for Lot Mid Century Column Floor Lamp 170
  168. Image for Lot Art Deco Marble Top Wrought Iron Round Side Table 171
  169. Image for Lot Art Deco Lacquered Pedestal in Banded Exotic Wood 172
  170. Image for Lot Attributed Mathieu Mategot - Magazine Rack 173
  171. Image for Lot Chromed Steel Stanchions, Pair 174
  172. Image for Lot Art Deco Iron Umbrella Stand 175
  173. Image for Lot Wrought Iron Entrance Gate 176
  174. Image for Lot Modern Minimalist Carpet 177
  175. Image for Lot French Art Deco Carpet 178
  176. Image for Lot Brown High Pile Modern Carpet 179
  177. Image for Lot Stark Geometric Carpet 180
  178. Image for Lot Jules Leleu Style Carpet 181
  179. Image for Lot Modern Geometric Carpet 182
  180. Image for Lot Märta Måås-Fjetterström - Svarta Fällen Rug 183
  181. Image for Lot European Modernist Carpet 184
  182. Image for Lot Wool Rug 185
  183. Image for Lot Signed Carpet with Rabbits and Peacocks 186
  184. Image for Lot Mid Century Carpet 187
  185. Image for Lot Mid Century Rug 188
  186. Image for Lot Mid Century Figurative Rug 189
  187. Image for Lot Vintage Minimalist Wood Geoffrey Beene Mannequin 190
  188. Image for Lot 2 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 191
  189. Image for Lot 2 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 192
  190. Image for Lot Geoffrey Beene Mannequins, Pair 193
  191. Image for Lot Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequin 194
  192. Image for Lot Vintage Geoffrey Beene Mannequins, Set of 3 195
  193. Image for Lot 3 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 196
  194. Image for Lot 2 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 197
  195. Image for Lot Geoffrey Beene Mannequins, Set of 2 198
  196. Image for Lot 2 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 199
  197. Image for Lot 3 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 200
  198. Image for Lot 3 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 201
  199. Image for Lot 3 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 202
  200. Image for Lot 2 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 203
  201. Image for Lot Mannequin - 2 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 204
  202. Image for Lot 2 Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequins 205
  203. Image for Lot Vintage Geoffrey Beene Mannequins, Set of 2 206
  204. Image for Lot Geoffrey Beene Vintage Designer Mannequin 207
  205. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Untitled (Composition in White, Pink, and Black) 208
  206. Image for Lot John Adams Griefen - Untitled (Landscape) 209
  207. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Untitled PTP205 210
  208. Image for Lot Michael Loew - Untitled 211
  209. Image for Lot Ralph Della-Volpe - Untitled #107 212
  210. Image for Lot Jerzy Kubina - Untitled 213
  211. Image for Lot Ralph Della-Volpe - Sand Dune Patterns 214
  212. Image for Lot John Walker - Salsipuedes Forms 215
  213. Image for Lot Ralph Della-Volpe - Untitled #106 216
  214. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - ST 217
  215. Image for Lot John Walker - Salsipuedes Forms 218
  216. Image for Lot Robert Harding - Singing Dust 219
  217. Image for Lot Gordon House - Series 6x7 (Red) / Series 5x2+6 (Olive Green) / Series 6x11 (Pink), Group of 3 220
  218. Image for Lot Bryan Hunt - Navigator 2 221
  219. Image for Lot Will Cotton - Untitled (Composition in Pink and Blue) 222
  220. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Three Irises 223
  221. Image for Lot Collection of 29 Decorative Arts Books 224
  222. Image for Lot Collection of 17 Architecture Books 225
  223. Image for Lot Collection of 26 Graphic Design and Art Books 226