Important Design

Important Design

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Property from the Personal Collection of Samuel Yellin

Samuel Yellin

"Sketch in Iron"

Auction Closed

December 10, 11:19 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Personal Collection of Samuel Yellin

Samuel Yellin

"Sketch in Iron"


circa 1930

wrought iron

impressed YELLIN

17 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 7/8 in. (43.8 x 36.8 x 2.2 cm)

Personal collection of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Ronald Pilling, “The Legacy of Samuel Yellin,” Craft Horizons, April 1978, pp. 38-40 (for a related sketch and installation image of sketches in iron at Yellin’s Arch Street Atelier)
Ty Harrington, “The wizardry of Samuel Yellin, artist in metals,” Smithsonian Magazine, March 1982, p. 69 (for a related sketch in iron)
Richard J. Wattenmaker, Samuel Yellin in Context, Flint, MI, 1985, n.p. (for a related sketch in iron)
Jack Andrews, Samuel Yellin Metalworker, Ocean City, MD, 1992, pp. 14-15 (for related sketches in iron)
Joseph Cunningham, The Metalwork of Samuel Yellin, Volume I, forthcoming, 2021, chapters 3 and 6 frontispieces (for related sketches in iron), Volume II, chapters 3 and 6 frontispieces (for related sketches in iron)