- Product:
- Ashtray
- Manufacturer:
- Phillips
- Architonic ID:
- 4104559
- Launched:
- 1935
- Country:
- United States
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Key facts
Product description
Chromed metal together with a period black-and-white photograph of the lot with Lillian Kiesler's handwritten notes on the reverse 21/8 in. (5.4 cm) high 5 in. (12.6 cm) diameter
Provenance:
Charles and Alma Mergentine Mrs. Mervin Bayer Martha Bartos Thence by descent
Illustrated:
Martin Greif, Depression Modern: The Thirties Style in America, New York, 1975, p. 163 Lisa Phillips, Frederick Kiesler, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1989, p. 23 Daniel Gundrum, "A Catalyst Among the Avant-Garde," New York Times, January 19, 1989 Maria Bottero, Frederick Kiesler: Arte, Architettura, Ambiente, Milan, 1995, p. 65 Frederick Kiesler: Artiste-architecte, Paris, 1996, p. 256 (for an illustration of the piece in situ in Alma Mergentine's living room)
Provenance:
Charles and Alma Mergentine Mrs. Mervin Bayer Martha Bartos Thence by descent
Illustrated:
Martin Greif, Depression Modern: The Thirties Style in America, New York, 1975, p. 163 Lisa Phillips, Frederick Kiesler, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1989, p. 23 Daniel Gundrum, "A Catalyst Among the Avant-Garde," New York Times, January 19, 1989 Maria Bottero, Frederick Kiesler: Arte, Architettura, Ambiente, Milan, 1995, p. 65 Frederick Kiesler: Artiste-architecte, Paris, 1996, p. 256 (for an illustration of the piece in situ in Alma Mergentine's living room)