Modernism Auction

Our annual Modernism Auction will be held in Saint Louis, May 17 & 18, 2008.  We are assembling an exceptional collection of mid-century furniture, decorative art objects, architectural elements, paintings, prints and drawings.

HARVEY ELLIS, AMERICAN (1852-1904)

Featuring an exceptional and rare oak desk for Gustav Stickley, circa 1903-04, with lemon wood, sycamore, exotic woods, copper and pewter inlay; the lower member raised on four plank legs and having three drawers with brass pulls, raised on four flat legs on trestle shoe feet joined by a stretcher, the upper member with two rows of three drawers flanking an accordion cabinet front enclosing a pigeon hole interior, signed with Stickley's red compass mark, minor losses.
39 3/4 x 41 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches
For a similar inlaid library table of the same design please see Los Angles Museum of Art, American Arts & Crafts, Virtue in Design, a catalogue of the Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans Collection, plate 54, illustrated and discussed, page 82.

Auction: May 17 & 18, 2008 at 11:00 am CST

Preview: May 11 through May 15
10:00 am until 5:00pm CST

For more information please contact our
Twentieth Century Design Department:
Mark Howald, mhowald@iveyselkirk.com, 314.726.5515 ext. 337
Andy Wright, awright@iveyselkirk.com, 314.726.5515 ext. 328

catalogues available for purchase two weeks prior to each auction

Ivey-Selkirk

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