$1,764
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
The Personal Collection of Vladimir Kagan
Auction: January 25, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
Walnut veneer, brass, stainless steel, painted wood
Both designed for wall mounting, the Kagan family veneered headboard with lamps sized for a king mattress, the veneered and enameled headboard for a queen size mattress
Both unmarked
Provenance
Property from the Personal Collection of Vladimir Kagan
Sollo : Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey, "A 20th Century Modern Weekend," October 23-24, 2004, Lot 377 (enameled headboard only)
Note
The headboard with lamps was originally installed in the main bedroom of Vladimir Kagan and Erica Wilson's Park Avenue apartment. The second headboard, of European walnut veneer and ivory enamel paint, was Kagan's first headboard design, and the present lot was a sample executed in 1948.