Grosfeld House New York (attr.) Modern / Art Deco Lucite Stool c. 1940
Grosfeld House New York
Lucite stool circa 1940.
Cylindrical lucite base stool with gold lucite wrap like connecting elements, silk upholstery.
H: 16 1/4″ x W: 13 1/2″ x D: 16 1/2″
Grosfeld House Furniture Company manufactured some iconic designs of the twentieth century. Some of the great designers that work for the company were Vladimir Kagan and Lorin Jackson. They produced some of the earliest chairs using Lucite starting in the 1930’s and through the Post War Era.
Oscar B. Erickson, “Early Morning Rockport”, Oil on canvas c. 1940
OSCAR B. ERICKSON (1883 – 1970) American
Early Morning Rockport c. 1940
Oil on canvas
Marks: Original exhibition label verso: THE NORTHWEST ART LEAGUE,
INC., Oscar B. Erickson, Early Morning Rockport, oil
For brief bibliographical listing see: Who Was Who in American Art,
(Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985), p. 189.
Canvas (sight): H: 21” x W: 23”
Frame: H: 26 1/2” x W: 28 1/2”
Oscar Erickson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied painting and printmaking at the Milwaukee Art League and later at the Herron Art Institute of Chicago. He exhibited at the Chicago Academy of the Fine Arts, the Hoosier Salon from 1927 to 1942, the Illinois State Museum, and the Norwegian Club.
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