DONALD DESKEY (1894-1989)
ABSTACTED TOWNSCAPE
£300
Auction: 16 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
oil on canvas, unsigned, 30cm x 35cm; and another ABSTRACTED TOWNSCAPE, oil on canvas, unsigned, 35cm x 46cm (2)
Footnote
Provenance: A gift from the artist whilst resident in Scotland
Note: Donald Deskey was among the leading figures to introduce modern design in the United States in the late 1920's and was one of the last leaders of a pioneering generation of industrial designers that included Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, Walter Dorwin Teague and Gilbert Rohde. Deskey had homes in Scotland, Jamaica and Florida.