PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. ALFRED JONES, NEW YORK
PAUL EVANS
PAUL EVANS
Unique custom-made illuminated cabinet bar, ca. 1963
Painted sculpted and patchwork steel, perforated steel, painted and sculpted bronze, painted wood, gold leaf-covered wood, slate, painted tubular steel, electrical components, felt. 81 3/4 x 60 x 23 in. (207.6 x 152.4 x 58.4 cm.)
ESTIMATE $80,000-120,000
SOLD AT $80,500
LITERATURE Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine, Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam, New York, 2008, front and back covers and p. 12 for similar examples
Wandering through Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the early 1960s, Dr. Alfred Jones (psychologist, collector) discovered the great studio furniture makers Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell. Close collaborators, the two designers shared a showroom in the small town of New...
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