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  Forrest “Frosty” Myers Orange cube 2008

  FORREST (FROSTY) MYERS (1941- ) USA

  Orange cube 2008

  Orange anodized and contoured aluminum wire manipulated into a cube form

  Signed: Orange Cube, 08, Forrest Myers (on plaque)

  For more information see: Who Was Who in American Art (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 2003-2004 25^th Edition), Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18^th Century to the Present, Glen Opitz (Poughkeepsie, NY: Apollo, 1984).

  Dimension: 10 1/2″ cube

  Price: $15,000

  A sculptor and art teacher born in Long Beach, California, Forrest Myers settled in Brooklyn, New York. Myers studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. His teaching venues include the San Francisco Art Institute, School of Visual Arts in New York, Kent State University, and the Parsons School of Design. His studio is in Brooklyn.

  In the early 1980s, Forrest Myers was applying Buckminster Fuller's principles of tensegrity and repeated tetrahedrons into his designs for furniture. This exploration culminated in the use of aluminum wire that becomes structural when bent and pressed into a dense tangle.

   

   

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  Charles Martin, “Bal Masque”, Pencil, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper 1927

  CHARLES MARTIN (1884-1934) France

  Bal Masque 1927

  Pencil, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper.

  Signed: Martin (lower right corner); A l’Ami Koval, l’Ami Martin, Bien Amicalement (upper left corner)

  H: 8” x W: 11 7/16”

  Price: $12,500

  Charles Martin was a notable French illustrator, graphic artist, posterist, fashion and costume designer. His drawings are charming, amusing and sophisticated. The artist studied at the Montpelier Ecole des Beaux Arts, Academie Julian and Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris. Throughout his career, Martin was also a contributor to the French fashion journals Gazette du Bon Ton, Modes et Manieres d’Aujourd’hui, Journal Des Dames et Des Modes, and Vogue. His illustrated books include the hat catalogue “Les Modes en 1912,” the erotic “Mascarades et Amusettes” 1920, and “Sports et Divertissements” 1919, written in collaboration with composer Erik Satie.