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Thursday, March 28, 2024


Auctions - USA & Canada

Mingei Art of Japan: including works from the Martha Longenecker Collection

Christie's online
20 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York, USA
Jun 22, 2017 To Jun 29, 2017


Detail: The sale comprises works by major Japanese studio ceramicists including Hamada Shoji, Shimaoka Tatsuzo and Kawai Kanjiro, all owned by Martha Longenecker. Also part of her collection are works by American ceramicists including Gertrud & Otto Natzler, Laura Andreson, Harrison McIntosh and Martha Longenecker herself, as well as furniture and design including chairs by Charles and Ray Eames and paper lamp by Isamu Noguchi. In addition to the Longenecker collection are ceramics by British artists including Bernard and Janet Leach, Michael Cardew and William Marshall, from a private English collection. Estimates throughout the sale range from $400-600 to $12,000-18,000.

Phone No.: +1 212 636 2000
Fax: +1 212 636 4930
Contact Email: [email protected]
Site URL: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/mingei-art-japan-including-works-martha-longenecker-collection/lots/361



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