Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell follow artist
Collection of ten accessories
Collection of ten accessories
USA, c. 1956-59
walnut, pewter shortest: 2 h × 3 dia in (5 × 8 cm) tallest: 14¼ h × 4 dia in (36 × 10 cm)
Difficult to produce, only five of the bottle forms were ever made.
Collection is comprised of a platter, ashtray, lighter, cigarette box, cheese board, bottle, pair of candlesticks, and pair of salt and pepper shakers. Impressed signature to underside of five examples ‘Designers Inc. Paul Evans’.
provenance: Collection of Phil Powell (bottle) | Collection of Dorsey Reading (bottle) | Rago, Modern, 12-13 April 2008, Lot 121 (bottle) | Rago, Modern, 26-27 October 2013, Lot 755 (platter, ashtray, lighter, cigarette box) | Acquired from the previous by the present owner, Important Collection
literature: Paul Evans: Designer & Sculptor, Head, ppg. 15-18 Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism, Kimmerle (ed.), pg. 135
This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
