$62
Signed Commemorative Print from the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York, with columns of stylized woodblock-printed trees in three colors representing the four seasons, text below reading "The Four Seasons celebrates eighty joyful seasons. July 1959 - July 1979," with printed names Tom Margittai and Paul Kovi below two signatures, numbered "28/45" in pencil l.l., inscribed "HUXTABLE" to the reverse in marker, sight size 45 1/2 x 10 1/4 in., framed, (toning, foxing, soiling, not examined out of frame). Provenance: Property from the estate of Ada Louise Huxtable, formerly architecture critic of the New York Times . N.B. The Four Seasons Restaurant is located in the landmark Seagrams building in New York. Ada Louise Huxtable, working with her husband, designed over 140 items for the restaurant. The results were so successful that the Museum of Modern Art selected 18 pieces for their permanent collection.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-08
