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TIFFANY STUDIOS

Lot 56
20.10.2022 18:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 500 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 819764
Lot 56 | TIFFANY STUDIOS
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
TIFFANY STUDIOS

'Peacock' Chandelier from Anita Baldwin's Residence, 'Anoakia', Arcadia, California, circa 1914

Favrile glass, leaded glass, patinated bronze

52 in. (132 cm) drop, 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm) diameter





Provenance

Anita Baldwin, Arcadia, California, commissioned directly from the artist, circa 1914

Lowry McCaslin, California, circa 1940

Christie's, New York, 7 June 1996, lot 216

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above



Literature

"Unique Among Homes of America's Rich", Los Angeles Times, September 21, 1913, p. II7 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia' and the Tiffany 'Peacock' lighting fixtures)

P. Garnett, "Stately Homes of California, II: Anoakia", Sunset, January 1914, pp. 145-158 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia')

G. Wharton James, “The Building Up of an Ideal California Ranch”, Out West, vol. 7, no. 5-6, May-June 1914, pp. 237-256 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia')

"Famous Santa Anita Rancho: Most Modern in California," Arcadia Journal, October 10, 1914 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia')

C. Hosler Coombs, "Anoakia - Where No Harm Shall Befall," Pasadena Daily News, January 1915 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia')

Tiffany Studios, Lighting Fixtures, New York, circa 1915, p. 8 (present lot illustrated)

Anoakia Inventory, April 7 - May 7, 1916, p. 4 (for an inventory list of 'Anoakia' including the present lot)

"Anoakia, Home of Anita Baldwin", Arcadia Tribune, Section A, August 3, 1934, p. 2 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia' and the 'Peacock' decorations)

Anoakia - Tiffany Catalog (Light Fixtures), n.d., p. 1 (the original catalog owned by Lowry McCaslin, owner of 'Anoakia' from 1940 to his death in 1995)

C. F. Shoop, "Fabulous Estate Converted Into School for Girls," Pasadena Star News, July 18, 1954 (present lot mentioned)

P. McAdam and S. Snider, Arcadia: Where Ranch and City Meet, Arcadia, 1981, pp. 81-93 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia' and Anita Baldwin)

P. James Holiday, American Arcadia: California and the Classical Tradition, Oxford, 2016, p. 204 (for a discussion of 'Anoakia' and the 'Peacock' decorations)

A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, New York, 2019, p. 337, no. 1362 (present lot illustrated)



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Post lot text

en suite with lots 57, 58 and 59
Manufactur:Tiffany Studios
Medium:Glass
Art style:Art Nouveau
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Ceiling lights
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