Sep 11, 2024 10:00 EST

A Prominent Pennsylvania Collection: Property from a Montgomery County Lady

 
Lot 73
 

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Leon Applebaum Cut and Polished Glass Sculpture Entitled "Orbit 2"

Internally decorated with controlled air bubbles, engraved Leon Applebaum. Height 24 inches, width 11 inches, depth 5 inches.


Leon Applebaum was born in 1945, and completed a BFA at Massachusetts’s College of Art, and an MA at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. In 1973, he studied at Orrefor’s Glass School in Sweden where he learned the Swedish style of optically thick glass that would influence his later work. After working for a year at Boda Glass in Sweden, he returned to the US to pursue his MFA at the Rochester Institute of Technology. His work is noted for his synthesis of the Swedish glass techniques and his own ideas using the color spectrum.

Height 24 inches

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Internally decorated with controlled air bubbles, engraved Leon Applebaum. Height 24 inches, width 11 inches, depth 5 inches.


Leon Applebaum was born in 1945, and completed a BFA at Massachusetts’s College of Art, and an MA at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. In 1973, he studied at Orrefor’s Glass School in Sweden where he learned the Swedish style of optically thick glass that would influence his later work. After working for a year at Boda Glass in Sweden, he returned to the US to pursue his MFA at the Rochester Institute of Technology. His work is noted for his synthesis of the Swedish glass techniques and his own ideas using the color spectrum.

Height 24 inches

Auction: A Prominent Pennsylvania Collection: Property from a Montgomery County Lady, Sep 11, 2024

  • Auction of A Prominent Pennsylvania Collection: Property from a Mongomery County Lady on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 10am

  • Elegant Furniture, Decorations and Art from a Home Decorated by Bennett and Judie Weinstock

  • Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle is pleased to announce the sale of A Prominent Pennsylvania Collection: Property of a Montgomery County Lady scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 10am. This single-owner auction showcases the contents of an elegant home decorated by the celebrated Philadelphia-based interior designers, Bennett and Judie Weinstock. Architectural Digest’s AD 100 Honorees in 2002 and 2010, this husband and wife team of decorators were astute collectors themselves throughout their entire marriage of almost fifty years. The Pennsylvania Collection exemplifies their signature style of the stately English country home combining sophisticated elegance with gracious ease and comfort. Featured will be over 200 lots of important English furniture, stylish decorations, English majolica, Asian works of art, Continental paintings and more, all collected with the discerning eyes of true connoisseurs.


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Consignments are currently being accepted for future auctions. We invite you to contact us for a complimentary auction evaluation. Our Specialists are always available to discuss the sale of a single item or an entire collection.

For information, please contact:
Furniture & Decorations: 212-427-4141, ext 244, Furniture@Doyle.com
Art: 212-427-4141, ext 249, Paintings@Doyle.com

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