ID 778885 
Lot 137  | T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS (1905-1975)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000 
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)
| Artist: | Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905 - 1976) | 
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| Medium: | Wood | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
| Artist: | Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905 - 1976) | 
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| Medium: | Wood | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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