Last weekend I went to the Winter Antiques Fair in New York (running through 3 February 2013) armed with an imaginary US$750,000. We
all know that spending money is easier than making it. But a good art advisor helps you spend it
wisely and there lies the difference between buying recklessly willy-nilly and
buying with thought and understanding.
It’s not only about purchasing beauty, but also about getting the best at
the best possible price.
So, armed with this budget, these are the rare, wonderfully unique
and beautiful pieces that I would buy and select for a client with my shared
modern aesthetic:
(image above) An exquisitely rare and wonderfully graceful talossel mini
mirror by Line Vautrin (1913-1997). To
die for!
A wonderful Anglo-Indian carved table with spiraling inlays
in different woods, bone and ivory and distinctive peacock feet circa 1830. Delightful.
An important coffee table (bench) by French ceramicist Georges
Jouve (1910 - 1964) circa 1955. Black
glazed ceramic tiles and painted metal base. Playful elegance.
A splendidly conserved conceptual model by Harry Bertoia
(1915-1978) of his General Motors Tech Center Screen of 1953. Brass and nickel
melt-coated steel. Remarkably sublime.
A colorful and deliciously luminescent mazza filligrana vase
designed by Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) for Venini in 1934. Awesome.
A pair of beautifully modern 2-arm sconces in wrought iron
by Marcel Bergue (1888-?) circa 1925. Infinitely stylish.
image credits: all Richard Rabel for TheModernSybarite
except for the Anglo-Indian table (Kentshire Antiques) and the Line Vautrin
mirror (Maison Gerard). The WinterAntique Show runs through 3 February 2013.
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PS: Thank you for stopping by and reading my feature today.
I love what I do as an interior designer and art advisor, and it’s my hope that
through these blog posts I’m enriching and heightening your aesthetic sensibility
towards art, design and fabulous interiors in some way ~ Richard Rabel (a.k.a. the modern sybarite)
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