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American Craft Collections, eleven
American Craft Collections, eleven
bound printed paper
estimate: $200–300
result: $445
provenance: Collection of James Zemaitis
This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Masterworks of Contemporary Glass, Christie’s New York, 04/10/1989.
Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center, Bradley Publishing, Little Rock, 1999. 215 pages, Softcover. First edition.
Crafting a Collection: Contemporary Craft in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Cindi Strauss, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2006. 63 pages, Softcover. First edition.
Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection Cindi Strauss, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2014. 160 pages, Softcover. First edition.
Craft for a Modern World: The Renwick Gallery Collection Nora Atkinson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, D Giles Limited, London, 2015. 208 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition.
Crafted: Objects in Flux Emily Zilber, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2015. 176 pages, Hardcover. First edition.
Masterworks, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY, 2016. 16 pages. Highlights from the collection of Jack Lenor Larsen.
The Daphne Farago Collection of Decorative Arts, Rago, 5/20/2018.
A Passion for American Art: Selections from the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Collection Dean Lahikainen, ed., Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 2019. 216 pages, Hardcover. First edition.
The Grotta Home by Richard Meier: A Marriage of Architecture and Craft, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2019. 336 pages, Hardcover. First edition. Lavish, oversize publication focusing more on this New Jersey collection of craft than Meier’s architecture, which was the focus of an earlier book. Masterworks by Takaezu, Tawney, Edgar and Joyce Anderson and many others.—JZ
At the intersection of scholarship and connoisseurship lies Curated: The Design and Library of James Zemaitis—an offering that reflects a career spent exploring, documenting, and shaping the discourse around modern and contemporary design. This carefully assembled selection includes both a compelling group of design works and a rich library of publications that have guided and inspired James Zemaitis throughout his decades in the field.
As Director of Museum Relations at R & Company since 2016, James has played a central role in developing exhibitions and fostering institutional partnerships. His recent curatorial projects, including Born Too Tall: California Women Designers, Postwar to Postmodern, demonstrate a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design history. Prior to his time at R & Company, James held leadership positions at Sotheby’s and Phillips, producing over fifty design sales and helping shape the trajectory of the postwar and contemporary design market.
This collection reflects James’s deep engagement with the material and intellectual history of design. The included library—rich with foundational texts, rare catalogues, and scholarly references—provides a rare window into the ideas and research that have underpinned his work as a curator, advisor, and educator.
This auction brings together design and scholarship in a way that reflects a lifetime of passion and purpose. We are honored to invite collectors, curators, and enthusiasts alike to discover a collection shaped by insight, research, and enduring care.