The Spirit of America: The Wolf Family Collection
The Spirit of America: The Wolf Family Collection
Greene & Greene
Table from the Breakfast Room of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California
Auction Closed
April 20, 12:24 AM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Greene & Greene
Table from the Breakfast Room of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California
Executed circa 1908.
executed in the workshop of Peter Hall, Pasadena, California
mahogany and ebony with abalone, copper, fruitwood and silver inlays
29¾ x 51⅝ x 52⅝ in. (75.6 x 131.1 x 133.7 cm.)
Robert Roe and Nellie Celeste Canfield Blacker, Pasadena, California, 1908-1944
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Otto Bockelman, by acquisition of the house and its contents, late 1940s
Max and Marjorie Hill, by acquisition of the Blacker House and its contents, circa 1950
Private Collection
Christie's New York, December 14, 1991, lot 49
Wolf Family Collection No. 1025 (acquired from the above)
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Otto Bockelman, by acquisition of the house and its contents, late 1940s
Max and Marjorie Hill, by acquisition of the Blacker House and its contents, circa 1950
Private Collection
Christie's New York, December 14, 1991, lot 49
Wolf Family Collection No. 1025 (acquired from the above)
Timothy J. Andersen, Eudorah M. Moore and Robert W. Winter, California Design 1910, exh. cat., Pasadena Center, 1974, p. 104
Randell L. Makinson, Greene & Greene, Architecture as a Fine Art, Santa Barbara, 1977, p. 154 (for a period photograph of the model in situ)
Randell L. Makinson, Thomas A. Heinz and Brad Pitt, Greene & Greene: The Blacker House, Salt Lake City, 2000, pp. 72 (for a drawing of the present lot) and 81 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Edward R. Bosley, Greene & Greene, London, 2000, p. 107 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Edward R. Bosley and Anne E. Mallek, eds., A New and Native Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene, London, 2008, p. 232 (for a period photograph of the present lot in situ)
Randell L. Makinson, Greene & Greene, Architecture as a Fine Art, Santa Barbara, 1977, p. 154 (for a period photograph of the model in situ)
Randell L. Makinson, Thomas A. Heinz and Brad Pitt, Greene & Greene: The Blacker House, Salt Lake City, 2000, pp. 72 (for a drawing of the present lot) and 81 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Edward R. Bosley, Greene & Greene, London, 2000, p. 107 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Edward R. Bosley and Anne E. Mallek, eds., A New and Native Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene, London, 2008, p. 232 (for a period photograph of the present lot in situ)
California Design 1910, Pasadena Center, California, October 15-December 1, 1974