Masters of Modern Design :: Part 2 :: Estate Sale in New City

MASTERS OF MODERN DESIGN ESTATE SALE, PART 2 HAPPENING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st AND SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd, 9-4 Hosted by Hudson Estate Sales :: 

ADDRESS IS 537 South Mountain Road, New City, NY

Designer furnishings: Le Corbusier’s  LC2 Lounge Chair. Cini Boeri’s Leather sofa for Knoll. Harry Bertoia wire-frame side chairs. The 3320 Coupé floor lamp (1967) for Oluce by Joe Colmbo. Bobby artist cart, also by Joe Columbo. Nesting side tables by Deiter Rams.

Decor: Varieties of vases and vessels, crocks, Shaker boxes, baskets in (*almost) every shape, size and de

Silver: Jewelry, flatware

Clothing: Men’s and Women’s bags, belts, costume jewelry

Textiles: American patchwork quilts, table linens, bed linens

For dining: White stoneware collection, MCM black Japanese stoneware set, Royal Copenhagen

For the kitchen: Revereware, Le Cruset Dutch ovens and cookware, good quality appliances, flatware, cast-iron pans, White stoneware collection, MCM Black Japanese Stoneware set

For the garden and outdoors: Teak outdoor seating. Huge cement planters, Dozens of teracotta and ceramic pots, stakes, garden supplies. Hand tools. Nearly-new Weber grill, birdhouses and feeders

Original art: Original botanical art by the former owner, a garden designer to Martha Stewart. Original monotypes by John Beerman. Acquatint etchings. Antique watercolors. Original illustrations by renown cartoonists Ed Sorel & others

Framed Art: Framed prints, posters, Original enlarged giclee photos on canvas.

Books: A Vintage and antique books, cookbooks, children’s books, and philosophy, travel, architecture, religion, New York State sightseeing, Extensive German-language reading library. 

Collectible: Antique china and ceramics: China by Minton. Antique China teacups and teapots. Antique German & English China. Art pottery

Catering supplies: Significant quantities, restaurent supplies. Votives of many varieties. Coffee service for dozens. Coupes, wine glasses, glass plates, plasticware

Hand-made: Indigenous peoples’ pottery and carvings. Hand-woven textiles, Hand-make dolls. trinket boxes of wood, stone, shell, metal and glass, studio pottery and decorative objects from all over the world 

Media: Large collection of Dixieland and early Jazz CDs, stereo system, speakers. vinyl records, DVDs amd VHS

Art supplies. Craft supplies, Sewing supplies. Ribbons, boxes, bags and wrap. Holiday items.

PLUS: Hand made Collectible teapots. Silver-topped dresser castors. holiday decor, crafting supplies. tobacco smoking pipes. Plus, the essentials that make everyday life just a little more special.

ASK TO SEE: Antique apple press, available for sale

Only the best: This is a sale of an artists’ possessions, in a house built by an artist’s hands...Nestled in a rareified and storied setting, at the foot of High Tor mountain, the former home of Dick and Elisabeth Voigt is a remarkable ode to the design classics of Modern Design, within which lies a symphony of treasures.  The furnishings and decor in this home radiate warmth and humanity, with quiet elegance and tasteful restraint, This is the legacy of 2 passionate people, who dedicated themselves to alleviating the suffering of others—and who loved nothing more than making friends and family feel welcome and loved. We hope you can feel it too. Welcome!

“Space and light and order. Those are the things that [people] need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”

—Le Corbusier

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A Big Thank You to everyone who participated in the MASTERS OF MODERN DESIGN::Icons of Mid Century:: Part 2, Online Auction! If you didn’t have a winning bid, or have a chance to participate, this is your chance!

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The time: Between the Wars. 

The place: South Mountain Road, New City, NY.  

The characters: architect/potter/painter Henry Varnum Poor. Maxwell Anderson, the playwright (in later years, actor Barry Bostwick; composer Kurt Weill; singer/actress Lotte Lenya; actor/director/producer John Houseman, actor Burgess Meredith, Mary Mowbray-Clarke, Ruth Reeves, Lotte Lenya, Bessie Breuer Poor, Norman Lloyd, Dr. Martha MacGuffie, Michael DiLorenzo Jr, Eva Zeisel, Martha Ryther, Marjorie Content, Anne Poor, Hesper Anderson, Eva Zeisel, and Lita Hornick

They were seeking an escape from the big city; a way to live a progressive, modern and creative life, and remain in     balance with nature. On a winding country road through the woods, the sound of laughter rang out in the night, and someone played chords on the piano, another burst into song. Back then, they were changing history on South Mountain Road, At the foot of High Tor, where the grapes were grown and the wine poured and gardens flourished, they wrote and painted, and built their fortresses.

www.hudsonestatesales.com

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THIS ESTATE SALE IS  A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE INTERIOR OF THIS UNIQUE, HAND-MADE HOUSE BY A LEADING AMERICAN ARTIST OF THE EARLY 20th CENTURY

This historically and architecturally significant home was designed and built (by hand) by HENRY VARNUM POOR, one of the "Top 10 of American Artists" of his time—and a true Renaissance man. The house's style is a marriage of Bauhaus and Arts and Crafts, and was built in 1941 for Milton Caniff, the popular cartoonist. Henry built several homes in the area for his celebrity friends in New City, between the Wars. Together, they formed a loose collective known as the South Mountain Road Artist Colony, located at the foot of High Tor Mountain.

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“Space and light and order. Those are the things that [people] need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”

—Le Corbusier

Now’s the time to stock up on the necessities :: Light and shade, steel and sky, form and structure.