Rago’s Spring Design series — Early 20th Century Design on Thursday and Modern Design on Friday — will bring multiple important works to auction, including art pottery and ceramics from George Ohr, Toshiko Takaezu, and Saturday Evening Girls, furniture from Wendell Castle, Paul Evans, and George Nakashima, and glass from Lino Tagliapietra and Dan Dailey.
Works by New Hope craftsmen make a strong showing, not least works by Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell from the Rina and Norman Indictor Collection as well as George Nakashima works from the Bill and Sue Western Collection.
In complement to these significant offerings, Rago hosted a special symposium last Saturday, featuring Mira Nakashima, Miriam Carpenter, and Robert Aibel discussing the American craft furniture movement. All net proceeds from the ticketed event will benefit the Nakashima Foundation for Peace.
In addition to the Nakashima Foundation for Peace, Rago will support several worthy causes through benefit lots featured in Modern Design. Lots 649 to 259 comprise the Smithsonian Women’s Committee Visionary Benefit Auction, and feature works from past and present Smithsonian Visionary and Delphi Award winners to benefit programming across multiple departments of the national institution.
Works include sculptures by this year’s Delphi Award winner Amber Cowan, as well as works from Wendell Castle, Chunghi Choo, David Ellsworth, Mary Lee Hu, Patti Warashina, and Toots Zynsky.
The special section, Unbreakable Ukraine, offers works donated by prominent glass artists from around the world, sold to benefit the Glass Museum in Lviv, Ukraine. Contributing artists include Michael Aschenbrenner, Latchezar Boyadjiev, Peter Bremers, Wilfried Grootens, Steve Linn, and others.
The full selection of works featured in Early 20th Century Design and Modern Design is on view at Rago in Lambertville, N.J., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily until May 12. Early 20th Century Design will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 11, and Modern Design will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, May 12. The live auctions accommodate advanced bids, telephone bidding, and live online bidding.
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