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Pritam & Eames: The Fourth Decade 2012 - 2016 |
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The archives is intended as a record of work that Pritam & Eames received in its 30-plus year history. The prompt for the creation of the archives came from an unlikely source: a New York State auditor, when examining the gallery’s sales tax procedures, ended up so impressed with the quality of work being shown that, before she left, she made an emphatic suggestion that the partners had a serious responsibility to produce a record of this work. And so began the registration system -- photographs attached to index cards containing the specifications of each piece, which led to the creation of these Archives. | ||||||
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EARLY SPRING SHOW | MARCH 23 - MAY 22 | EARLY SPRING SHOW | ||||
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Spring Floor Lamp by TED BLACHLY & PETER BLOCH Mahogany, wenge, quaking aspen. 65"H x 12"W x 10.5"D, shade 17"diameter |
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Table Lamp by PETER BLOCH Banksia pod, mahogany base, aspen shade. 29.5"H x 8"diameter base; 15.5"diameter shade |
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Black Pedestal/Table #11 by JOHN ERIC BYERS Wood, paint. 30"H x 16"W x 16"D |
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Black Pedestal/Table #13 - JOHN ERIC BYERS Wood, paint. 21"H x 16"W x 16"D |
Black Pedestal/Table #14 - JOHN ERIC BYERS Wood, paint. 21"H x 16"W x 16"D |
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Heaven and Earth Cabinet by TIM COLEMAN English brown oak, English sycamore, roasted ash. 50.25"H x 20"W x 13"D |
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Desk by HANK GILPIN Cherry. 28.5"H x 52.5"W x 26"D |
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Small Oval Table by HANK GILPIN Satinwood. 30"H x 30"W x 15"D |
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Imperial Ming China Table Lamp by NOEL & JANENE HILLIARD Hand-blown ivorystringer tiles, cobalt blue accent tiles, bronze with antique patina. 28"H x 26”diameter |
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Vogue Sconce by NOEL & JANENE HILLIARD Slumped glass panel with fused black stringers, solid cast bronze frame. 15"H x 6”W x 4.25”D |
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Butterbean Chair by CRAIG NUTT |
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"27" @ PRITAM & EAMES | "27" @ PRITAM & EAMES | |||||
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NOTES: 27 was a separate adjoining space in the gallery that features work in different media, as well as furniture pieces produced in small editions. |
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Open Form Side Tables by JOHN ERIC BYERS Hand tooled American hardwood. 20"H x 14”W x 14”D |
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Counter Stool by DAVID EBNER Bamboo, steel. 25"H x 16.5”W x 13”D |
Stool I by DAVID EBNER Bamboo, Steel. 17"H x 17”W x 13”D |
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Wine Table by DAVID EBNER Figured ash. 24"H x 19”diameter |
End Tables by DAVID EBNER Bamboo. 22"H x 19.5”W x 15”D |
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Trays by HANK GILPIN Assorted woods. |
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1/4 Scale Twig Table by MAURICE HAMBURGER Forged Steel. 5.5"H x 3.5”W x 3.5”D |
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Small Vessel on Wheels by MAURICE HAMBURGER Forged Steel. 3.5"H x 3”W x 2”D |
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Pitchers by SAM STANG Latticino Glass. 9.5"H x 6”W x 6 ”D |
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Ball Vase by SAM STANG Murrini glass. 4.5"H x 4.5" diameter |
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Vase by SAM STANG Zanfirico glass. 7.75”H x 4.5”diameter |
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Inclamo Bowl by SAM STANG Glass. 5.5"H x 14”diameter |
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Murrini Incalmo Bowl by SAM STANG Glass. 4.75"H x 15”diameter |
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Polar Purse by WENDY STEVENS Perforated stainless steel, leather. 8" x 6.5" x 1.25 |
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Le Fan by WENDY STEVENS Perforated stainless steel, leather. 7"W x 3.75"H x 1.5"D |
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Bucatini by WENDY STEVENS Embossed, colorized stainless steel, leather. 7.75"W x 2.5" diameter cylinde |
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Desk by TIM WELLS Figured cherry, forest green leather, stainless steel pull. 30"H x 41”W x 25”D |
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Square Jester Table by TIM WELLS Maple, leather, lacquered steel. 35.5"H x 14.75”W x 14.75”D |
Tall Jester Table by TIM WELLS Maple, red leather, lacquered steel. 35.5"H x 25.5”W x 13”D |
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Spring Wall-Hung Hall Table by TIM WELLS Maple, leather, satin nickel. 5.25"H x 36”W x 13.25”D |
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Revesby Clocks by TIM WELLS Hardwoods (maple/cherry/mahogany/walnut), leather. 7"H x 7”W x 2”D |
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ART AT HOME: Work by Three East End Artists | ART AT HOME 2012 | |||||
In 2012, Pritam & Eames began featuring the work of three East End artists in an ongoing series called Art at Home. The introduction of Linda Capello’s figure drawings in conté crayon and charcoal, Aubrey Grainger’s landscape paintings in oil, and Karen Kluglein’s botanical studies and still lifes in watercolor over vellum gave the gallery a chance to demonstrate the compatiblity of fine furniture and fine art are and how they come together naturally in the home. | ||||||
LINDA CAPELLO - Figure Studies | ||||||
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Linda Capello is a master of figure drawing. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she worked in the New York City fashion industry for over 20 years. Capello is listed in Who's Who of American Women, and received the Miriam Russo Enders Award from the National Association of Woman Artists (May 2009), for her red conté crayon drawing, So Inclined. "All I have ever wanted to do was draw, and all I have ever wanted to draw were people. I am a classically trained anatomist, but instead of the rigid, mechanical representation of muscle, bone and flesh, I look for the subtlety of the line: the strength and sensuality of the thick, thin, and lost line," Capello says. | |||||
Dreamer Conte crayon, charcoal, pastel, tinted paper. 25.25"H x 37.25"W x 1.5"D (framed) |
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Study V Conte crayon, charcoal, paper. 21.25"H x17"W x 1.5"D |
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Masami Oil on canvas. 33"H x 24.5"W x 1.5"D |
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AUBREY GRAINGER - Landscapes in Oil Paint | ||||||
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Aubrey Grainger was raised in New Jersey and started oil painting when she was 16 years old, and she continues working in that medium today. Twenty five years ago, Grainger was drawn to the East End of Long Island where she now lives and paints full time in Sagaponack. Influenced by the Hudson River School artists, as well as the French and American Impressionists, she is particularly drawn to light and shadows. She spends several weeks every year in the Adirondack Mountains, painting around Saranac Lake. The remainder of the year is spent painting the landscapes of the East End. Grainger refers to her paintings as the journal of her life: each canvas a different page, reflecting the impact that the beauty of the location had on her. | |||||
Corwith Farms 29"H x 41"W x 1.5"D |
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Summer Afternoon 34.75"H x 44.5"W x 1"D |
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Green Truck 22"H x 26"W x 1.5"D |
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KAREN KLUGLEIN - Botanical Paintings: Watercolor on Vellum | ||||||
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Karen Kluglein has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. Although she now concentrates on botanicals, which are usually painted life size, she has always painted the natural world because, she says, of the pleasure it gives her to make beautiful what most people would pass by. She paints on paper or vellum and her favorite medium is watercolor because it is fluid and transparent, dries quickly, and can be worked over; vellum, made from the hide of calf, deer, or goat, is thin enough that it gives the painting a luminous quality. She won the American Society of Botanical Artist’s (ASBA) New York Central Award in 2011; ABSA’s Best in Show New York Horticultural Society International Exhibit in 2010; the Bouchier Award for Excellence in Botanical Art, American Society of Botanical Artists, 2010; and the Talas Award, American Society of Botanical Artists in 2009. | |||||
Hollyhock 30”H x 22”W x 2.25”D (framed) |
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Slipper Orchid 12.75”H x 12.75”W x .75”D (framed) |
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Falling Leaves 17.75”H x 14.5”W x .75”D (framed) |
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FRED JOHNSTON - Woodfired North Carolina Clay | FRED JOHNSTON - Woodfired North Carolina Clay |
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Bird Pitcher 13.25"H x 10.5"W x 6"D |
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Gourd Vase with Black Ankle Glaze 13.5"H x 7.5"diameter |
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Large Bowl 3.25"H x 11"diameter |
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Guinea Hen Motif Lidded Jar 13.5"H x 12"diameter |
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TIA KRAMER - Jewelry of Recycled Silver & Handmade Paper | TIA KRAMER - Jewelry of Recycled Silver & Handmade Paper | |||||
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Nestled Quarter Spheres Earrings | ||||||
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Crease Series II Necklace/Bracelet Modules | ||||||
TOM ODELL- Jewelry of Precious Metals & Japanese Alloys | TOM ODELL- Jewelry of Precious Metals & Japanese Alloys | |||||
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Brooch 14K and 18K gold, shakudo and shibuichi patinated |
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Brooch 18K gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi patinated |
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Cuff Sterling silver, bronze. |
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31st ANNIVERSARY SHOW | JUNE 9 - JULY 24, 2012 | 31st ANNIVERSARY SHOW | ||||
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Rosewood Side Table by ANDY BUCK Painted poplar, rosewood. 24.75”H x 22.5”W x 17"D |
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Wine Cork Cocktail Tables by ANDY BUCK Painted poplar, gun-blued steel, wine corks, resin. 23.25”H x 12.25”diameter |
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Twelve Legged Hope Chest |
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Wine Table (rear) by DAVID EBNER Walnut with pigmented bronze finish. 20”H x 22”diameter |
Dining Table by DAVID EBNER Mozambique/Ovangkol. 30”H x 54”diameter |
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Mirror by KRISTINA MADSEN Bubinga, mirror. 13”H x 13”W x 1.125”D |
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Blackbird Cupboard by JUDY KENSLEY McKIE Carved and painted Basswood. 65”H x 38”W x 16.125”D |
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Pyramid Chest by JUDY KENSLEY McKIE Carved and painted Basswood. 52”H x 48”W x 16.75”D |
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Snake Bowl by JUDY KENSLEY McKIE Cast Bronze. 3.75”H x 13”W x 8.5”D |
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Bird Bowl by JUDY KENSLEY McKIE Cast Bronze. 6”H x 14”W x 10”D |
Dog Bowl by JUDY KENSLEY McKIE Cast Bronze. 4.75”H x 12”W x 6”D |
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Desk by BRIAN NEWELL |
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THOMAS HUCKER | AUGUST 10 - SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 | THOMAS HUCKER |
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Work for his show at Pritam & Eames included a settee, a sideboard or foyer table, a pair of ebony upholstered chairs, and a low table. Some of his presentation drawings for furniture pieces were also included in the show. |
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Settee Wenge, silk. 35.5"H x 77"W x 27"D |
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While still a teenager in Pennsylvania, Hucker began a two-year apprenticeship with a German master cabinetmaker, Leonard Hilger. He continued his training in furniture making with master-craftsman Jere Osgood at Boston University’s Program in Artisanry in the 1970s. The strong artistic and technical base that Osgood and Hilger’s instruction provided paved the way for the provocative, conceptually engaging work that would come. | ||||||
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Hucker’s awards include grants from The Fragrance Foundation in New York, a Fulbright-Hays grant in industrial design for year-long study at Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, and two National Endowment for the Arts awards; he was five times an awardee by I.D. Magazine’s Annual Design Review. He has taught at New York’s Pratt Institute and New York School of Design, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, and the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee. Hucker’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts & Design and the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York; Detroit Museum of Art, MI; Los Angeles Country Museum, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; and The Smithsonian Institution of American Art, Washington, DC. | |||||
Foyer Table Walnut, crotch walnut. 31"H x 76"W x 18"D |
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Side Chair Ebony, upholstery. 38"H x 26"W x 24"D |
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Low Table Padauk, textured & stained yew. 15"H x 44"W x 44"D |
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JOHN MAKEPEACE | JULY 27 - SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 | JOHN MAKEPEACE | ||||
About Hucker, Makepeace says: “I have long admired Tom Hucker's furniture -- his approach contrasts with mine in his choice of exotic timbers, but he achieves extraordinarily poetic forms with an economy that is delightful.” Hucker states: “When I was young, John Makepeace was this mythical figure, this sublime master craftsman and design innovator on the other side of the Atlantic. His work is very ‘full’ to me, by which I mean the craftsmanship is exceptional, the underlying concepts are focused and firm, the designs are carefully articulated, and the details are high notes floating above these structures. Makepeace’s work always makes me smile -- it’s the ‘Damn, he’s good’ smile.” |
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Dorset Fruits Table English lime, slate. 28"H x 42" diameter |
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John Makepeace has been called the “Father of British Furniture Design”, with a career spanning 50 years in the forefront of that field that earned him an international reputation as well as the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to design in 1988. More recently, he received the Furniture Society’s Award of Distinction in 2002. Makepeace’s work is included in two recent Victoria & Albert Museum exhibitions: The Power of Making and British Design, 1948-2012. Most of John Makepeace’s furniture is made to commission, so exhibitions of his work are rare. For example, this exhibit marks the first appearance in the United States of Makepeace’s Dorset Fruits Table in English lime, the best possible wood for carving, he says. The pigment of the fruits is worked into the surface of the lime so that the grain is still visible, and the table features fruits grown in Makepeace’s Dorset, UK garden, such as apples, plums, pears, quince, cherries, white, red and black currants, strawberries, gooseberries, loganberries, boysenberries, and blackberries. |
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Zebras -- Pair of Cabinets Holly, black oak. each 35.5"H x 35.5"W x 17.75"D |
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“I don’t like making things that are conventional and I don’t like using techniques that are purely traditional. I really think that there is always a better answer,” Makepeace states. His Zebras pair of cabinets, also in the summer show at Pritam & Eames, demonstrates his unconventional approach to furniture. The Zebras cabinets are Makepeace’s first involvement in marquetry, where he’s created light and dark with pale, dense holly and open-grained black oak. The interiors, with drawers and shelves, are burnished scarlet lacquer -- red is Makepeace’s favorite color. The zebras are seen either as a formal pair placed symmetrically, or, more informally, wandering in open space. | ||||||
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“My design approach,” Makepeace says, “stems from a concern that furniture should reflect our human needs rather than be determined by machine aesthetics; this, and my admiration for the way nature evolves to give us elegant, strong and appropriate forms. As a designer, that is my goal too. My furniture is made from indigenous, sustainably managed timbers; each has its own beauty and one of my roles as a designer and craftsman is to celebrate that.” John Makepeace’s furniture is in a number of private and public collections worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK; Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Lewis Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; and Crab Tree Farm, Lake Bluff, IL. |
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Mid-Summer Arrivals - 2012 | Mid-Summer Arrivals - 2012 | |||||
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Duck Box by ANDY BUCK |
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Oval Cabinet East Indian rosewood, wenge, isu noki. 47.5"H x 20"W x 10"D |
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EARLY SPRING SHOW ART AT HOME 2013 |
MARCH 22 -- MAY 21, 2013 | EARLY SPRING SHOW ART AT HOME 2013 |
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Clockwise from upper left: MICHAEL HURWITZ, Twelve Leaf Resin Table; AUBREY GRAINGER, Schwenck's Farm; JUDY KENSLEY McKIE, Wagging Dog Chair; GARY MAGAKIS, Amalfi Cabinet; FRAN TAUBMAN, Polished Steel Table. |
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BRIAN NEWELL, Desk; KAREN KLUGLEIN, (left) Calla Lily; (right) Four Tulips, watercolors on paper. |
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KAREN KLUGLEIN, Orange Tulip, watercolor on paper. |
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RICHARD SCOTT NEWMAN, Demilune Table and Banjo; AUBREY GRAINGER, "Glimpse of Scallop Pond", oil on canvas. |
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RICHARD SCOTT NEWMAN, Banjo of curly maple, snakewood, satinwood, ebony, bone, gold-plated brass |
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Clockwise from upper left: LINDA CAPELLO, "Motif", oil on canvas; NOEL & JANENE HILLIARD, Imperial Ming China Table Lamp; THOMAS HUCKER, Foyer Table |
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Top: KAREN KLUGLEIN, "Crown of Leaves", watercolor on vellum; BRIAN NEWELL, Oval Cabinet. |
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KAREN KLUGLEIN, "Four White Roses", watercolor on paper. |
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AUBREY GRAINGER, "Lumber Lane Farm", oil on canvas; DAVID EBNER, Mozambique Dining Table; TIMOTHY PHILBRICK, Side Chair. |
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KAREN KLUGLEIN, "Sunday Paper", watercolor on paper; JUDY KENSLEY McKIE, Bronze Horse Side Table. |
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KAREN KLUGLEIN, "Sunday Paper", watercolor on paper. |
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LINDA CAPELLO, "Tattoo", "Idyll", "Rose Tattoo", mixed media: charcoal, conte crayon, pastel on wallpaper; JUDY KENSLEY McKIE, Limestone Ram Bench; RICHARD SCOTT NEWMAN, Maple Chair; TIM WELLS, Red Leather Desk |
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LINDA CAPELLO, "Kimono", conte crayon, pastel on paper. |
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AUBREY GRAINGER, "Mill Creek Sunset", oil on canvas; JOHN GAGNON, Couch; ANDY BUCK, Oval Table, Wine Cork Cocktail Tables; PETER BLOCH, Table Lamp. |
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Low Nail Table Thermally modified maple, 4,800 nails, steel. 16"H x 63"W x 36"D |
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33rd ANNIVERSARY SHOW | May 25 -- July 30, 2013 | 33rd ANNIVERSARY SHOW | ||||
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IDRIS Hall Stand by ALED LEWIS Ash, purpleheart. 85"H x 48"W x 16"D |
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Swivel Barrel Chair by DAVID EBNER Walnut, leather. 30"H x 30"W x 28"D |
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Bar Stools by DAVID EBNER Sapele, brass, leather. 36"H (seat 30.5"H) x 20"W x 20"D |
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MFA Bench by DAVID EBNER Ash. 15"H x 38"W x 16"D |
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Tiptoe Table by HANK GILPIN Keys mahogany, English yew. 24.5"H x 16.5"W x 16.5"D |
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Small Chest by HANK GILPIN Seagrape, Port Orford cedar, holly. 17.25"H x 11.5"W x 11.5"D |
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Bench by HANK GILPIN Blistery ash, brown oak. 20.5 - 19.25"H x 55"W x 15.5"D |
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Keyhole Mirror by DUNCAN GOWDY Stained mahogany. 22.25" diameter x 2.5"D |
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Tapiantana Table Lamp by NOEL & JANENE HILLIARD Hand-blown glass tiles, bronze. 28"H x 28"diameter |
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Cloud Table Lamp by NOEL & JANENE HILLIARD Hand-blown glass tiles, bronze. 21"H x 14.5"diameter |
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Loving Cup by TIMOTHY PHILBRICK Gabon ebony, wart hog tusks, with silver by Jeffrey Herman. 8.75"H x 7"W x 7"D |
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Console Table by JAMES SCHRIBER Quartered ash. 30"H x 59"W x 18"D |
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Container Sapele, gold leaf. 8"H x 22"W x 10"D |
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Ornamental Kale by KAREN KLUGLEIN Watercolor on vellum. With frame: 23"H x 21"W x 1"D |
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Saddle Shoes by KAREN KLUGLEIN Watercolor on paper. With frame: 14"H x 14"W x .5"D |
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Study in White by KAREN KLUGLEIN Watercolor on paper. With frame: 14.375"H x 17.5"W x .75"D |
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Bridgehampton Farm by AUBREY GRAINGER Oil paint on canvas. With frame: 21"H x 29"W x 1.5"D |
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Glimpse of Scallop Pond by AUBREY GRAINGER Oil paint on canvas. With frame: 27"H x 33"W x 1.5"D |
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Lumber Lane II by AUBREY GRAINGER Oil paint on canvas. With frame: 34.5"H x 44.5"W x 1.5"D |
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Wait... by LINDA CAPELLO Conte crayon, pastel on wood veneer. 21.5“H x 17.5“W x .5“D |
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Bowl by YUJI KUBO Lacquer on wood. 4"H x15.5"diameter |
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9 Drawer Chest by YUJI KUBO Lacquer on wood. 12.5"H x 12"W x 8"D |
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Jewelry Box by TIM WELLS Curly maple, bubinga, black leather. 5.5”H x 13.25”W x 11"D |
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ART AT HOME | ART AT HOME |
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WORKING COWBOYS Photography by JENNIFER ALNWICK |
WORKING COWBOYS Photography by JENNIFER ALNWICK |
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As part of our Art at Home series, Pritam & Eames introduced Working Cowboys by Jennifer Alnwick, a photographic study of the American West. A New York native, Alnwick says, “I fell in love with the West and the story of the American cowboy.” She began her western odyssey in a small town at the base of Big Horn Mountain, Wyoming, population 51, in 2006. Over the next five years, she saddled up with her cameras and shot pictures of cowboys as they went about their daily routines in the open spaces of Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Texas. Alnwick says, “The working cowboy is almost extinct, and I wanted to capture him before he is gone.” | ||||||
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Foreground: Settee by THOMAS HUCKER. Wenge, silk. 35.5"H x 77"W x 27"D |
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Foreground: Console Table by JAMES SCHRIBER Quartered ash. 30"H x 59"W x 18"D |
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Trevor (WY) 24"H x 18"H / 32”H x 24”W with mat & frame |
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Throwing a Loop (CO) 16"H x 20"H / 20”H x 24”W with mat & frame |
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Colt Roping (CO) 16"H x 20"H / 20”H x 24”W with mat & frame |
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Vaquero (WY) 16"H x 20"H / 20”H x 24”W with mat & frame |
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Spring Chores (CO) 18"H x 24"H / 32”H x 24”W with mat & frame |
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Leading to Pasture (CO) 24"H x 18"H / 32”H x 24”W with mat & frame |
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Headed Home (WY) 30”H x 40”W |
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Crossing I (MT) 30”H x 40”W |
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Day's Done (CO) 30”H x 40”W |
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UPDATES | Summer 2013 | UPDATES | ||||
We hosted a show called Updates that ran through September 17. The show heralded the September 2013 publication of our book, Speaking of Furniture: Conversations with 14 American Masters, published by The Artist Book Foundation, and included updates of pieces featured in the book. |
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Chest of Drawers by DAVID EBNER Walnut (all from the same tree). 44"H x 33"W x 22"D |
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In addition, there were two other works of notice: a console table in painted aluminum by Fran Taubman and a writing desk in English sycamore with an exquisite tambour top by Sarah Marriage. Sarah was a recent graduate of the College of the Redwoods, Mendocino, CA, where her work caught the eye of both Brian Newell and Tom Hucker.
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"Leviathan" Tambour Desk by SARAH MARRIAGE English sycamore, Spinneybeck leather. 38”H x 39”W x 22.5”D |
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Fran Taubman's table continues her experimentation with defining architectural and sculptural space using square bar aluminum stock, this time painted. | |||||
Console Table by FRAN TAUBMAN Painted aluminum, glass. 31.25”H x 48”W x 18”D |
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Cover: Richard Scott Newman, Umbrella Stand, 1984 (detail). Pearwood, ebony, and ormolu, 32 in. high x 14 in. diameter (81.28 x 35.56 cm). Photograph: Northlight Studio. |
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In 1990-91, Bebe Pritam Johnson and Warren Eames Johnson interviewed 14 artist-craftsmen who were pivotal to the gallery in its first decade. These conversations have been turned into a book, Speaking of Furniture: Conversations with 14 American Masters, which was published by The Artist Book Foundation in fall 2013 by The Artist Book Foundation, New York, NY. In their words, James Krenov, Wendell Castle, Judy Kensley McKie, Thomas Hucker, as well as Jere Osgood, Richard Scott Newman, David Ebner, Hank Gilpin, Alphonse Mattia, John Dunnigan, Wendy Maruyama, James Schriber, Timothy Philbrick and Michael Hurwitz tell us why they do what they do and why they chose furniture as a vehicle for artistic expression. |
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"The impassioned voices of 14 makers bring to life
the issues of the studio furniture field, from isolation to analysis of form to comparison with other arts. Led by the wise questions of the owners of the country's major art-furniture gallery, their stories create a thought-provoking, sometimes Roshomon-like portrait of the growth and development -- and personalities -- of this creative movement. It's an important history and a great read!" -- Janet Koplos, co-author (with Bruce Metcalf), Makers: A History of American Studio Craft, University of North Carolina Press, 2010; former Senior Editor, Art in America and American Craft magazine. |
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LATE FALL ARRIVALS - 2013 | LATE FALL ARRIVALS - 2013 | |||||
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Desk by TED BLACHLY Popcorn ash, quarter-sawn cherry, white oak.. 42.75"/30"H x 50"W x 27.5"D |
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Trestle Table by TED BLACHLY Popcorn ash, ash, Claro walnut. 29.5"H x 92"W x 42"D |
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Console Tables by JAMES SCHRIBER Quartered ash / blackened rift white oak. each 30"H x 59"W x 18"D |
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Avenue Sconce by NOEL & JANENE HILLIARD Slumped lily white glass, bronze with antique patina. 22"H x 8”W x 5.76"D |
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The Art & Furniture of MARK LARSON & DAN CRAMER | The Art & Furniture of MARK LARSON & DAN CRAMER |
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April 4 -- July 8, 2014 | ||||||
Our first show of 2014 introduces the work of the Minnesota-based artists, Mark Larson and Dan Cramer, who have collaborated on a series of furniture pieces. The show also includes paintings and bowls by Mark Larson. The collaboration between Larson and Cramer began three years ago when they met through friends in Mexico, where Larson lives and works each winter. Cramer trained as a cabinetmaker before attending Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, where he studied design. Larson has a BA and MFA in studio art and art history; he studied at the University of Art and Design in Lausanne, Switzerland, with further studies in France and Italy. We think the work of these two Minnesotans is a fresh look at furniture -- this is not simply painted furniture, but rather paintings on furniture. |
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Trees Cabinet Wood, mahogany veneer, powder coated metal base, oil paint, varnish, glass shelves. 35”H x 72”W x 15.25”D |
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Pieta Cabinet Wood, mahogany veneer, powder coated metal base, oil paint, varnish, glass shelves. 35.75"H x 54"W x 12.25”D |
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Sea Chair Metal frame, wood panel seat and back, oil paint, varnish. 33”H x 21”W x 22”D |
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Rose Table Wood top, metal base, oil paint, varnish. 17.25”H x 28”diameter |
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Nautilus Table Wood top, metal base, oil paint, varnish. 25.5”H x 28”diameter |
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La Serena Gorda Bowl Oil paint on hand carved Mexican pine, varnish. 7”H x 16.5”diameter |
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Apple Bowl Oil paint on beechwood, varnish. 4.5”H x 15”diameter |
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Poppy Bowl Oil paint on beechwood, varnish. 4.5”H x 15”diameter |
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Pieta Bowl Oil paint on beechwood, varnish. 4.5”H x 15”diameter |
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"The Other Pea" Oil painting on black & white photograph. 28”H x 36”diameter |
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"Sold" Oil painting on black & white photograph. 46”H x 65”W |
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Dining Table by HANK GILPIN Ash, beech, black gum, box elder, bubinga, cherry, cypress, holly, honey locust, juniper, madrone, mahogany, maple, red oak, white oak, osage orange, yellow pine, poplar, sea grape, sour wood, walnut. 28.75"H x 68.5"W x 37.5"D |
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Tip Toe Table II by HANK GILPIN Maple with ebony. 23"H x 16.125"W x 16.125"D |
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Carved Vessel by BRIAN NEWELL Ebony. 2.75"H x 14"W x 14"D |
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Carved Tray by BRIAN NEWELL Zelkova. 2.75"H x 13.5"W x 7"D |
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Plate Console Table by FRAN TAUBMAN Bronze, steel, copper, glass. 31.25”H x 48”W x 18"D |
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Plate End Table by FRAN TAUBMAN Patinaed steel, glass. 19.75”H x 20”W x 20"D |
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Shaped Side Tables by THOMAS HUCKER African padauk. 20.75"H x 26"W x 16"D |
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Mirrors with Shelf by MICHAEL HURWITZ Zelkova/walnut/ash (not pictured). 19.5”H x 14.5”W x 3"D |
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2014 Award of Distinction | ||||||
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The dynamic duo being recognized with this year's Furniture Society Award of Distinction is the inimitable Bebe Pritam Johnson and Warren Eames Johnson. I think it is safe to say that without Bebe and Warren it is unlikely that there would be a Furniture Society as we know it. I know I would have never been on the radar without Bebe's encouragement. I owe her a great deal. Most of us know Bebe and Warren as the thoughtful, careful, and intentional owners of Pritam & Eames, the nation's premier gallery for Studio Furniture. One wonders, however, what brought them to this point. Warren and Bebe both studied philosophy early in their academic careers. After receiving her Master's degree in Communications from Boston University, Bebe would begin her real-world career and become Director, Asian Program Operations at the Council on International Educational Exchange in New York. Warren studied law and received a LLB from the University of Illinois, and pursued graduate economics at MIT. His career took a turn, however, when the Johnsons moved to New York, and he ended up studying film at Columbia University where he received an MFA. Warren co-authored a book on film production, taught film at various institutions including Columbia, and was cameraman/editor on a number of internationally-based documentaries. After an interesting and successful decade, Warren and Bebe decided it was time for a change. So, following the likes of De Kooning, Pollack and Larsen, they decamped to East Hampton, a bit before the glitterati of the ‘80s and ‘90s and, in another turn of career, carved out a life dedicated to craft: educating and offering to the public -- a public that sought them out in a historic old steam laundry building in East Hampton that became Pritam & Eames -- an opportunity to acquire and live with this work. For the last 33 years, Pritam & Eames has existed, both powerfully and quietly, out in Long Island for a very appreciative public. Bebe and Warren were not satisfied with just selling the best studio furniture, they were also ambitious to contribute to the growing body of literature about this decorative arts field. This ambition led to conversations with makers and other intelligent aficionados that resulted in the publication of their book, Speaking of Furniture: Conversations with 14 American Masters [The Artist Book Foundation, 2013]. Personally, I can't imagine anyone more deserving of the Award of Distinction than Bebe Pritam Johnson and Warren Eames Johnson. They built and crafted a business that has sustained them, given a boost to grateful makers, and played an important part in building the dialogue that underpins today's studio furniture movement. This year's Award of Distinction ceremony was hosted at the FS14 conference in Port Townsend, WA, on June 21. |
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About the Award of Distinction | ||||||
In 2000, the Furniture Society’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a proposal to create an Award of Distinction that would recognize outstanding achievement and long standing commitment by an individual or institution to the advancement of the art of furniture making. The Award was intended to strengthen the fabric of the Furniture Society's community by naming and celebrating its aesthetic and intellectual leaders. Past honorees include Sam Maloof, James Krenov, Tage Frid, Wendell Castle, Art Espenet Carpenter, John Makepeace, Alan Peters, Jere Osgood, Jonathan Fairbanks, William Keyser, Garry Knox Bennett, Judy Kensley McKie, Tommy Simpson, Michael Fortune, Walker Weed, Wendy Maruyama, Vladimir Kagan, John Cederquist, and Roseanne Somerson. |
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PRITAM & EAMES Moves North | ||||||
In Fall 2014, PRITAM & EAMES closed its Race Lane location in East Hampton, NY. In May 2015, it relocated its exhibition space to the beautiful village of Somesville, Maine on Mt. Desert Island. In 2015 at its new location, PRITAM & EAMES exhibited work by Garry Knox Bennett, Ted Blachly, The gallery also featured work by painters Karen Kluglein, Aubrey Grainger, and Linda Capello; ceramist Fred Johnston; jewelers Tom Odell, Terry Logan, and Tia Kramer; glass artist Sam Stang; lacquer master Yuji Kubo; and metalsmith Maurice Hamburger. |
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PRITAM & EAMES NORTH's first featured show, Garry Knox Bennett: Inside, opened on May 15, and highlighted work by this towering figure in the American studio furniture movement. Our second featured show, New Furniture by Thomas Hucker and Brian Newell, opened on August 1, and showcased work by two stars of 21st-century American furniture: Tom Hucker and Brian Newell. | ||||||
GARRY KNOX BENNETT: INSIDE | ||||||
MAY 15 -- AUGUST 15 | ||||||
Garry Knox Bennett has been a formidable figure in the American studio furniture movement for more than five decades. He's known for his unexpected combination of materials, inexhaustible creativity and drive, meticulous craftsmanship, and provocative, robust humor. It's not surprising that this imposing figure in the studio furniture field stands at 6-feet 9-inches. Although the P&E partners had seen Garry's work over the years in museum exhibits, gallery shows and numerous publications, their real introduction came about in 2014, when they spent an evening with he and his wife, Sylvia, in their Oakland, CA home. It was there that they got a glimpse into how this artist thinks about things and how he lives. The furniture and art that he chooses to surround himself with -- all made by Bennett or his artist friends -- reveals an ultra-refined sensibility coupled with an artist's eye for color and form and an unapologetic embrace of utility. "It is the function of painting, sculpture or drawing to reveal the subjective feelings of the artist; it is the function of furniture making to make an objective record of reality to provide visual, ass-supporting truths about the real world of weight, storage and velocity" Bennett says. Garry Knox Bennett: Inside featured chairs, tables, benches, lamps and wall art drawn from Bennett's Oakland home. For this Maine show, the partners tried to convey a sense of this Bay Area artist with this selection of pieces that he's made over the years. |
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Zig-Zag Chair Walnut, upholstered embossed leather, matte silver-plated copper, ColorCore. 32.75"H x 27"W x 32"D |
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Garry Knox Bennett was born in Alameda, CA in 1934, and entered California College of the Arts (CCA) as a painter in 1959. While at CCA, he also studied sculpture and pursued both disciplines with modest success for about seven years. In the early 1960s, he met Wayne Thiebaud and Mel Ramos, Jack Ogden and other influential California artists. It was then that he decided he had a long way to go as a painter and turned to object making. His first enterprise in the 1960s was a metal plating and jewelry business that featured a very successful line of roach clips. | ||||||
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Chair Painting Chair, wood panel, paint. 47.5"H x 36.5"W x 12.5"D |
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His exhibition history includes a number of solo and group exhibitions at museums across the country and abroad, such as California's museums of art in San Francisco and Oakland; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England; Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA; and Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY. | ||||||
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Bronze Side Table Cast bronze. 20"H x 20"W x 20"D |
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The California native has been the subject of numerous books, articles, and exhibition catalogues including New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furniture Makers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989, and The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture 1940-1990, also published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2003. Two books are of special interest: Made in Oakland: The Furniture of Garry Knox Bennett [American Craft Museum, 2001] New York, NY, and Garry Knox Bennett: Call Me Chairmaker [Bellevue Arts Museum, 2006] Bellevue, WA. In addition to chronicling the fabulous body of work produced in Bennett's 50-plus year career, these books include essays and interviews by Arthur Danto, late professor emeritus of philosophy, Columbia University; Edward S. Cooke, Charles F. Montgomery Professor, History of Art, American Decorative Arts and Material Culture, Yale University; and Glenn Adamson, Nanette L. Laitman Director, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY that lend a scholarly gravitas and locates his work in the continuum of history of design and art over the last century and a half. Both publications are available at P&E North. Bennett's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY; De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Fine Arts Museum, Mobile, AL; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England; Montreal Museum of Art, Montreal, Canada; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Oakland Museum of California. Bennett has maintained his studio in his beloved Oakland, CA since 1966. |
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Chaible Wood, Thonet café chair, aluminum, ColorCore, lacquer. 37.5”H x 31”W x 15”D |
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Stubby Stark Chair Yellow cedar, aluminum, upholstered velvet. 29”H x 16”W x 22”D |
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Daffodil Table Lamp Wood, hand-blown glass, cast bronze, lamp parts, epoxy, silver, 23kt matte gold-plating. 18”H x 6”W x 6”D |
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Sylvia's Table Curly clear-heart redwood. 29.125”H x 49.75”W x 29.75”D |
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White Chair Painted wood, upholstered canvas duck, 23kt gold-plated brass, stainless steel wire. 29.5”H x 18”W x 22”D |
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Branch Lamp Lucite, wood, tree branch, brass, powder-coated steel, lamp parts, paint. 30”H x 14”W x 14”D |
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Green Trochère Wood, plexiglass, 23kt gold-plated brass, lamp parts, enamel paint, lacquer. 72.5”H x 19.5”W x 13”D |
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Bench African mahogany. 32”H x 60”W x 22.5”D |
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TED BLACHLY | ||||||
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Trestle Table Popcorn ash, ash, Claro walnut. 29.5"H x 92"W x 42"D |
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Spring Floor Lamp Mahogany, wenge, quaking aspen. 65"H x 12"W x 10.5"D, shade 17"diameter |
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Tall Red Table Honduran mahogany, poplar, hand painted surface pattern of milk paint, graphite, lacquer. 29”H x 16”W x 16”D |
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Cookie Tin Banjo Cookie tin, Honduran mahogany, rosewood, ebony. 12”H x 30”W x 2.25”D |
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The Moon's Light Stained ash. 16.375"H x 48"W x 21.5"D |
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Book Chair Twisted sassafras, spalted maple. 25”H x20”W x 16”D |
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Scallion Coat Rack Bleached & painted ash. 69"H x 12"W x 14.5"D |
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MFA Bench Poplar, paint. 16''H x 36''W x 15''D |
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AUBREY GRAINGER - Oil Paintings on Canvas | ||||||
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Lemons Oil paint on canvas. 21”H x 17”W |
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Grand Marnier Oil paint on canvas. 18”H x 15”W |
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Glimpse of the Pond Oil paint on canvas. With frame: 35.75”H x 46”W x 1.75”D |
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Keyhole Mirror Mahogany. 22” diameter x 2.5”D |
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Spring Coat Rack Walnut, brass. 56”H x 32”W x 4.5”D |
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Ridge Pendant Hand poured Bronze frame, hand cut and fused Lily White glass. 11.5"H x 24"W x 24"D |
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FRED JOHNSTON - Woodfired North Carolina Clay | ||||||
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Pea Fowl Motif Vase I Wood fired, salt glazed with copper glaze. Made from wild local clay. 17"H x 10"W x 10"D |
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Pea Fowl Motif Vase II Wood fired, salt glazed with copper glaze. Made from wild local clay. 19.5"H x 11"W x 11"D |
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2-Handle Buzzard Vase Chrome red glaze. Made from wild local clay. 15"H x 8.5"W x 8.5"D |
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KAREN KLUGLEIN - Paintings: Watercolor on Paper | ||||||
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Cedar Point Rocks 16”H x 22”W |
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Camellia Bud 10”H x 10”W |
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St. George (Gulf of Mexico) 19”H x 29”W |
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TIA KRAMER - Jewelry of Recycled Silver & Handmade Paper | ||||||
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Nestled Quarter Spheres Earrings | ||||||
YUJI KUBO - Japanese Lacquerware | ||||||
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Box of Nine Drawers Urushi lacquer over wood. 13”H x 12”W x 7.25”D |
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Bowl Lacquer on wood. 4"H x15.5"diameter |
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Swing Leg Table Bubinga, ebony, gesso. 29”H x 30”W x 13.75”D; extended: 29H" x 48.5”W x 30”D |
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Emerson Cabinet Bronze, blackened steel. 43"H x 36"W x 14"D |
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Griffin Cabinet Carved Mahogany, Milk Paint. 21"H x 21"W x 4 "D |
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Swan Table Cast Bronze, glass. |
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Comb V Shelf Bleached ash. 10"H x 38"W x 12D" |
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RICHARD SCOTT NEWMAN | ||||||
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Demilune Mahogany, Ebony. 34.5"H x 45.5"W x 20"D |
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Banjo Curly maple, snakewood, satinwood, ebony, bone, gold-plated brass. 38”H x 11.75”W x 3.5”D |
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Spring Tables Walnut, ash. 23.5"H x 29.5"W x 17.5"D |
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Club Chair Claro walnut, Spinneybeck leather. 38"H x 31W" x 31”D |
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Oval Nail Table Wenge, aluminum nail inlay. 16”H x 72”W x 25”D |
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Dining Table Walnut. 29"H x 54"diameter Photo: John Kane |
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Plate Console Table Bronze, steel, copper, glass. 31.25”H x 48”W x 18"D |
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Plate End Table Patinaed steel, glass. 19.75”H x 20”W x 20"D |
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NEW WORK THOMAS HUCKER& BRIAN NEWELL |
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Pritam & Eames North featured the distinctive furniture of Thomas Hucker and Brian Newell at the Gallery at Somes Sound (GSS), Mount Desert Island, Maine, in an exhibition that ran through October 15. We’ve long felt that the work of these two artist-craftsmen push the boundaries of what’s possible in furniture making – as a result, they never fail to come up with sophisticated, original pieces. Although Hucker and Newell may draw upon traditional furniture forms, those precepts get run through their eccentric systems which results in a personal poetic that is unmistakably theirs. Both are enormously gifted artists who chose furniture as their vehicle for creative expression and who, as a result, helped shape a powerful movement in the 20th and 21st century decorative arts. Hucker and Newell work in different parts of the country – Hucker in Hoboken, NJ and Newell in Fort Bragg, CA – but these two exemplars of American studio furniture share common ground. Each has a deep respect for the materials they use, which is most often wood. Both are deeply influenced by traditional Asian aesthetics, and both are hopelessly obsessive to get to the edge in their work. Further, they were trained by two of the most influential teachers in the studio furniture field: Tom Hucker studied with Jere Osgood at the Program in Artisanry at Boston University in the late 1970s, and Brian Newell’s life was forever changed when he came into contact with James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg, CA in the early 1980s. Hucker’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts & Design (formerly the American Craft Museum), New York, NY; the Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY: the Detroit Institute of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; the Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; and the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. His work has been featured in museum exhibitions like Inspired by China at the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA, in 2006; The Maker’s Hand at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2004; and the seminal New American Furniture exhibition in 1989, also at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Tom Hucker designs and fabricates custom furniture and lighting in his small shop in Hoboken, NJ, where he settled in 1990. As a teenager in Flushing, MI in the 1970s, Brian Newell was already carving signs for local stores. Pierced carving by chisel would become his trademark. Eventually he found his way to the College of the Redwoods, CA where he trained with the legendary cabinetmaker, James Krenov. While no apostle to Krenov’s quiet furniture philosophy, the virtuosity of Newell’s work, nevertheless, exhibits the same finesse in the handling of wood as his teacher’s. |
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Courting Chair Walnut, Thai silk blend. 25”H x 40”W x 18”D |
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Fan Table SA Swetina mahogany, ebonized Philippine mahogany. 14”H x 67”W x 34”D |
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Table Walnut, holly. 30”H x 51” Diameter Chair Walnut, holly. 35”H x 20”W x 20”D |
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Shaped Side Tables American walnut. 21”H x 26”W x 16"D |
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Wall-hung Cabinet Bog cedar (jindei), persimmon. 8”H x 24”W x 9”D |
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Bench Macassar ebony. 20”H x 24”W x 18”D |
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Side Tables Rosewood. 24”H x 20”W x 20”D |
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Six-Footed Vessel with Spoon African blackwood. 1.75”H x 4”W x 2"D |
Three-Footed Vessel African blackwood. 2.5”H x 3.75”W x 2.25”D |
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Long Three-Footed Vessel African blackwood. 2.5”H x 10”W x 2”D |
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