16th Oct, 2016 12:00 EST
Design
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EMIL MILAN (AMERICAN, 1922-1985)
ROSEWOOD QUEEN-SIZE BED FRAME, THOMPSON, PENNSYLVANIA,
CIRCA 1963.
H: 33, W: 64 in (headboard), H: 21, W: 64 in. (footboard)
Provenance: Property from a Blair County, Pennsylvania Collection
Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1963
EXHIBITED:
The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia: "Rediscovering Emil Milan and His Circle of Influence", November 7, 2014 – January 24, 2015
Henry Gallery: Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, Pennsylvania: "Emil Milan: Midcentury Designer Craftsman", June 9, 2014 - September 26, 2014
Sold for $10,000
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
CIRCA 1963.
Provenance: Property from a Blair County, Pennsylvania Collection
Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1963
EXHIBITED:
The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia: "Rediscovering Emil Milan and His Circle of Influence", November 7, 2014 – January 24, 2015
Henry Gallery: Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, Pennsylvania: "Emil Milan: Midcentury Designer Craftsman", June 9, 2014 - September 26, 2014
LITERATURE:
Barry Gordon et al. "Emil Milan: The (re)-introduction of a seminal American woodworker." Woodwork, Winter 2010, pp. 64-68
NOTE:
We would like to thank Mr. Norm Sartorius and the Emil Milan Research Project for their assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
This lot is set to be included in a forthcoming monograph on the artist.
