About This Auction

Back by popular demand to the request line, the Post War & Contemporary Art and Modern Design disc jockeys have dropped the needle on the fifth volume of Freeman's Summer Jukebox sale series: Oh! You Pretty Things. This collaborative category fluid auction harmonizes 221 bold and beautiful lots, that both bring the heat and keep it cool, certain to brighten any room, establish a vibe, provide punctuation or simply make the heart the sing. Fronting the band with full if looks could kill mythological energy is Miriam Schapiro's stone cold stunner Medusa and with megalithic iced out coolness is Frank Gehry's dazzling and iconic Icehenge Desk for the Inland Steel Building. Equally sensational and heightening the highlights are supporting session player lots from Paul Jenkins, Ernest Trova, Hunt Slonem, Karl Priebe, Roger Brown, Zephyr, Joe Tilson, Jonathan Chapline, Dr. Seuss, Betty Parsons, Bernard Piffaretti, Tom Uttech, Soumya Netrabile and Peter Max with additional design offering by Charles and Ray Eames, Dale Chihluy, Clarice Cliff, Christian Liaigere Studios adding smooth tones and colorful crescendos to the ensemble arrangement. We encourage you to come play with us and take a spin through this thoughtfully woven visual tapestry of expression, shape, hue, mood, form and function and may your eyes land on the lot that hits all the right notes and dances through your dreams.