T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS (1905-1975)

Lot 137
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ID 778885
Lot 137 | T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS (1905-1975)
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$ 200 000 – 300 000
T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS (1905-1975)

Important 'Mesa' Table, 1952

manufactured by Widdicomb Furniture Company, Grand Rapids

walnut veneer, plywood

16 3⁄4 x 73 x 53 in. (42.5 x 185.4 x 134.6 cm)

with manufacturer's label and stenciled marks 12/52 and 1760-6





Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Hostler Burrows, formerly Antik, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998



Literature

House Beautiful, New York, May 1952, cover

"L'Art Décoratif Américain et les Appels du Mexique Robsjohn Gibbings", Art et Industrie, no. 26, Paris, June 1953, p. 25

Widdicomb, manufacturer's catalog, Grand Rapids, 1954, n.p.

B.K. Rapaport and K. L. Stayton, Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960, New York, 2001, p. 31

K. Whiteside, "West Side Story," Metropolitan Home, New York, January/February 2001, cover and pp. 113-117 (present lot illustrated)

A. Payne and J. Zemaitis, The Coffee Table Coffee Table Book, London, 2003, pp. 99, 198, no. 60

C. Fiell and P. Fiell, Decorative Art 50s, Cologne, 2000, p. 126 (for a period photograph of this model)
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