Maine Antique Digest March 2015

14-C Maine Antique Digest, March 2015

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This 2014 table by Reinier Bosch, BANG, sold at Priveekollektie Con-

temporary Art/Design. This was the second time the gallery from the

Netherlands has done Salon, and owners Miriam and Irving van Dijk

were consistently busy.

Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, showed

this 100-color screenprint of John

Chamberlain by Chuck Close and this

sculpture by John Chamberlain (1927-

2011),

Vivid Takfeta Titter

, 1996. The

1998 screenprint, 64½" x 54½", from an edition of 80, was $75,000. The 27" x 21" x 18" sculpture of painted

and chromium-plated steel was $380,000. Chamberlain appeared to be keeping an eye on his sculpture in

the gallery’s booth.

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York City, was a first-timer at Salon and

filled its booth with pieces from its French Art Deco collection from

artists such as Eileen Gray (1878-1976), Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

(1879-1933), and Jean Dunand (1877-1942). The five-panel black lac-

quer folding Block screen by Gray was $5.5 million. The floor lamp,

also designed by Gray, was for exhibition purposes only. Gray’s Sirène

armchair in black lacquer, circa 1923, was $3.5 million. The Ruhlmann

prototype side chair in metal and dark brown lacquer, circa 1925, was

$275,000. On the 18" square side table, which is made of raw cement

for the top with black rock salt legs, 2014, by AMMA Studio, are three

Dunand vases, circa 1925: a tall, fluted vase in dark brown patina with

long cylindrical neck, $58,500; a spherical lead vase with patterns of

red and black lacquer lines, $55,000; and an ovoid vase in black lacquer

with eggshell surface for $115,000. DeLorenzo and AMMA Studio have

collaborated on a collection of art furniture that focuses on texture and

contrasting color.

Miguel Villalobos (left) and Graham

Tabor showed their designs for the first

time at Cristina Grajales Gallery’s

booth at Salon. Their process involves

filling silicone molds with wax, casting

them, and then taking the pieces that

“didn’t work” and rebuilding them

into vessels, cuffs, and necklaces. The

objects are bronze, coated in 24k gold

vermeil. They ranged from $2000 to

$2700. Several sold. Grajales, based in

New York City, had a very good show,

selling a gold coffee table by Gloria

Cortina, an end table by Pedro Barrail,

two wood boxes by Gael Appler, and

fiber wall art by brothers Steven and

William Ladd.

These crystalline-glazed stoneware pieces by Kate Malone were

displayed at the booth of Adrian Sassoon, London.

White Cube

Magma

, 2014, was $12,800 and

Atomic Pyramid Magma Vase

2014, was $15,000.

Adrian Sassoon, London, offered works by Michael Eden, who

combines his craft skills as a studio potter with his interest in dig-

ital technology. On the left is

Tall Orange Bloom

, 2014, number

five from an edition of 12 in various colors, $11,850. In the middle

Large Dark Gray Oval Bloom

, 2014, number 11, edition of 12

in various colors, $9200. Both are made by additive layer manu-

facturing from a high-quality nylon material with a soft mineral

coating. On the right is a 2014 hand-raised silver

Seni

vase by

Hiroshi Suzuki, $64,000.

Up High

, 2012, a bronze sculpture by

XieAige (b. 1977), 40" x 17" x 9", was

$55,000 from Michael Goedhuis Gal-

lery, London/Beijing. This is number

seven in an edition of eight.

This circa 1910 Tiffany Studios table lamp with

green glass and a band of Favrile glass balls, 29" x

22" x 11", was $275,000 from DeLorenzo Gallery,

New York City.

Jean-David Botella, Paris, had a booth filled with sheep by François-Xavier

Lalanne. The sheep are made of epoxy with bronze legs and heads and ranged

in price from $245,000 to $265,000. A console by Diego Giacometti was $700,000.

Botella said he had a “very good show” and sold eight mirrors and some furniture.