WALL MOUNTED BOOKSHELVES
FREDERICK KIESLER
They don't make them like Frederick Kiesler anymore. Kiesler studied at the Technische Universität Wien and the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien during the golden age of Austrian design, received commissions from Joseph Hoffman, collaborated with Adolf Loos, was a member of the De Stijl group, worked on the era-defining Ballet Mechanique with Leger and Man Ray, exhibited work with MoMA, Sidney Janis, and Leo Castelli, and became a director in the Department of Architecture at Columbia University (despite dropping out of architecture school decades earlier). This is just a small sampling of his accomplishments. He also designed furniture. Most of it was experimental, but this wall mounted bookcase, designed in 1935, is fully functional- and it predates many similar designs by decades. Collectors know a good thing when they see it, and this rarity sold for double its estimate at Sotheby's last year.
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