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Panel from The Birth of Aphrodite (Jean Dupas and Charles Champigneulle, 1934) for the grand salon of the SS Normandie, now in the Richard H. Driehaus collection, Chicago. Photo by John Faier.
Thérèse Normandie-inspired World Congress Rhode Island www.chicagoartdecosociety.com IN THIS ISSUE Bonney Great Room in Shanghai Deco IN THIS ISSUE spring 2015 FEATURE ARTICLES Faire du Lèche-Vitrines (or Licking the Windows) By Lisa Schlansker Kolosek ...... 9 A Look Inside . . . Kem Weber, Designer and Architect Reviewed by Bennett Johnson...... 12 A Great SS Normandie Room in Chicago By Rolf Achilles ...... 14 A Look Inside . . . French Art Deco Reviewed by Linda Levendusky...... 16 Digital Deco ...... 19 Shanghai Art Deco: So Far Away—and Yet So Close By Tina Kanagaratnam and Wm. Patrick Cranley ...... 22 Art Deco in Little Rhode Island By Jeffrey A. Amelse and Frances J. Donovan ...... 26 Wilfredo in the Windy City By Kathleen Murphy Skolnik...... 30 REGULAR FEATURES President’s Message ...... 3 Deco Spotlight ...... 4 Art Deco at Auction ...... 6 CADS Recap...... 8 Looking Back . . . To Move Ahead By Ruth Dearborn...... 32
1 CADS Board of Directors Custom Fine Jewelry and Adaptation of Historic Designs Mark Allen G. Garzon President Amy Keller Executive Vice PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE President A percentage of all sales Susanne Petersson Secretary Mary Miller Treasurer Mention this ad! Joe Loundy President Emeritus Ruth Dearborn Ann Marie Del Monico Dear CADS Members, Steve Hickson Kevin Palmer Several changes have occurred in our organization since the Fall 2014 issue of CADS Magazine. Ringing Best Friends Glenn Rogers in 2015, we’ve already had huge successes, especially concerning the Partners in Preservation alliance Diamonds & Gems between Chicago and Camagüey, Cuba. Special thanks to both Kathleen Murphy Skolnik and Joe Loundy CADS Advisory Board for shepherding the entire process, which you can read about in this issue. The Chicago Motor Club is Conrad Miczko Chair well on its way to completion with plenty of oversight from Board member and Preservation Chair Amy CADS Member Bill Sandstrom “HOT” Pendant Marie Sandstrom Karla Lewis, GG, AJP, (GIA) Web Master Joe Loundy, our hardworking, dedicated, generous, and ever-kind president, has decided to step down By Appointment after eight incredible years of service. Eran Miller 29 East Madison, Chicago The membership had a chance to thank Joe and acknowledge the monumental achievements of his CADS Magazine 312-269-9999 tenure through the creation of the Loundy Award, recognizing and honoring people and organizations Engagement Rings, Editor that exemplify the preservation of our inter-war era structures and objects. Joe’s leadership carried Kathleen Murphy Skolnik @bestfriendsdiamonds.com Diamond Jewelry, CADS from an organization that was about to shut its proverbial doors to a thriving group of active bestfriendsdiamonds.com South Sea Cultured Pearl Graphic Designer members known for preservation, education, and social events. I could go on and on about Joe, but this Erika Nygaard Jewelry and Strands. issue just doesn’t have enough pages! So with happy sentiments, we the members congratulate Joe on his Contributors amazing work. While he might not be president going forward, Joe will still be on the Board and have the Custom Designs. Rolf Achilles honorary title of president emeritus. Jeffrey A. Amelse “HOT” Hoops Deco Eternity Band Who will be taking over for Joe? Well, that’s me—Mark Allen Garzon. I’m a licensed architect and co- Wm. Patrick Cranley Ruth Dearborn founder of MGLM Architects and Interiors along with three college friends. Our practice concentrates Frances J. Donovan on historic design and preservation. A few years ago, I researched volunteer opportunities with groups Bennett Johnson interested in preservation and came across the Chicago Art Deco Society. A short correspondence Join or Renew Today Tina Kanagaratnam followed and soon I was chatting with Joe Loundy and Keith Bringe over dinner. We immediately Lisa Schlansker Kolosek connected and before long I was hooked. Attending one event after another, I learned about so many Linda Levendusky nuanced aspects of the Art Deco time period, its aesthetic, and the characters that populated a glorious ABOUT CADS ______Individual $45 Copy Editor/Proofreader The Chicago Art Deco Society (“CADS”) is a community of members that celebrates the one passionate and willing to share their respective interests. The Chicago Art ______Household (Dual) $55 Linda Levendusky Deco Society (CADS) unique aesthetic of the Interwar Period including fine and decorative arts, architecture is a not-for-profit and fashion that defined the elegant Art Deco and Streamline Moderne era. CADS was ______Student with Valid Photo ID $25 (email communications only) Advertising Sales It was early last year after a Board meeting that Joe asked if I would consider replacing him as president. 501(c)3 tax exempt founded in 1982 as a non-profit organization with a mission of education, preservation Ann Marie Del Monico organization chartered ______Friend $100 and fellowship. are quite extensive. Since then, we have worked together to craft a more solid focus, activating in the state of illinois CADS members develop their knowledge, make connections, and get involved to in 1982 for the ______Patron $250 Front cover: CADS committees and encouraging Board members and volunteers to develop and give back to the save historic structures through our advocacy and education programs. When you purpose of education, ______Benefactor $500 Great Room, Richard H. Driehaus organization. Measuring the involvement and quality of our programming, it’s clear we are not only preservation and join CADS you’ll meet fellow enthusiasts and experts, receive unique benefits, continue residence, Chicago. fellowship. learning, and play a meaningful part in preserving our Art Deco heritage. ______Deco Circle $1000 Photo by John Faier. LEARN ______Corporate $500 As incoming president, it will be my task to further the already established initiatives of CADS. These With membership you will receive the highly respected Chicago Art Deco Magazine. (Includes a quarter page sized advertisement in two issues of CADS Magazine © Copyright Chicago Art Deco Society 2015 include a continued emphasis on preservation, education, community, the book project, the survey All material is subject to copyright and cannot and a link to your business website from chicagoartdecosociety.com). Richly illustrated and loaded with topical articles, special features and a calendar of be reproduced without prior written permission project, the magazine, and, above all, engagement with the membership, new and established. international art deco events & book reviews. Chicago Art Deco Magazine has become from the publisher. a collectible in its own right. NAME(s) ______These are not small undertakings. Going forward as president, and with the continued commitment of the Board, committees, and volunteers, I hope to further develop those organizational traits essential ENJOY STREET ______for generating a vibrant and increased membership, shared interests, and, above all, connections with Exclusive access to fabulous buildings, private collections and exciting events including tours and lectures featuring expert speakers and authors. each and every one of you so that collectively we can become the premier organization for Art Deco CITY/STATE ______THE CHICAGO ART DECO SOCIETY (CADS) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501(C)3 TAX EXEMPT in Chicago and throughout the world. PRESERVE ORGANIZATION CHARTERED IN THE STATE Your membership supports historic preservation programs including the Chicago Art ZIP ______PHONE ______OF ILLINOIS IN 1982 FOR THE PURPOSE OF Deco Survey. EDUCATION, PRESERVATION AND FELLOWSHIP. Thank you, EMAIL ______EXPERIENCE As a member, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and discuss your favorite aspect of Make checks payable to: Chicago Art Deco Society Art Deco with over 500 associates from across the United States. Mail to: Chicago Art Deco Society, PO Box 1116 P.O. Box 1116 Evanston, IL 60204-1116 Evanston, IL 60204-1116 312-280-9097 Mark Allen G. Garzon chicagoartdecosociety.com
2 Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine Spring 2015 3 DECO SPOTLIGHT DECO SPOTLIGHT Exhibitions, tours, lectures & special events of interest to Art Deco enthusiasts Exhibitions, tours, lectures & special events of interest to Art Deco enthusiasts
ONGOING Guided Art Deco Walking, Bus, Thru August 31 May 22–Summer 2016 September 12–20 October 18–January 3, 2016 Bike, and Vintage Car Tours Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Raising the Curtain: Picasso’s Tour: The Art of Craft: Art Nouveau, Art for the People: Carl Peters and America on the Move Self-guided Art Deco Walking Modernist Painting for the Ballet Le Tricorne Art Deco and Modernism in Paris the Rochester WPA Murals National Museum of American and Driving Tours Chicago Cultural Center New York Historical Society and Brussels Memorial Art Gallery of the History, Washington, DC Art Deco Trust, Napier, Chicago, IL New York, NY Travel Wright, Frank Lloyd University of Rochester americanhistory.si.edu New Zealand cityofchicago.org/city/en/ nyhistory.org/212-873-3400 Wright Trust Rochester, NY artdeconapier.com 202-633-1000 depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_ May 23 travelwright.org/312-994-4000 mag.rochester.edu +64 6 835 0022 Art and Design in the Modern Age: culturalcenter.html/ Art Deco Preservation Ball September 13 585-276-8900 Selections from the Wolfsonian 312-744-3315 Art Deco Society of California IN PROGRESS Gatsby Summer Afternoon October 23–March 20, 2016 Collection Thru September 7 San Francisco, CA Art Deco Society of California Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, FL Thru May 3 One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s artdecosociety.org/415-982-3326 San Francisco, CA Smithsonian American Art wolfsonian.org/305-531-1001 The Architectural Image, 1920–1950 Migration Series and Other Works June 2–November 1 artdecosociety.org/415-982-3326 Museum, Washington, DC The Art of J. C. Leyendecker: National Building Museum Museum of Modern Art The Private Josef Hoffmann September 26–May 13, 2016 americanart.si.edu/202-633-7970 New York, NY Selections from The Haggin Washington, DC Josef Hoffmann Museum Seven Masters: 20th-Century October 24–January 31, 2016 moma.org/212-708-9400 Museum Collection nbm.org/202-272-2448 Brtnice, Czech Republic Japanese Woodblock Prints from 1920s Modernism: Montreal’s The Haggin Museum Thru May 17 Thru September 13 mak.at/+420 724 543 722 the Wells Collection Beaver Hall Group Stockton, CA American Moderns, 1910–1960: Dolce Vita? Italian Decorative Art June 3 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Montreal Museum of Fine Arts hagginmuseum.org/209-940-6300 From O’Keeffe to Rockwell 1900–1940, from the Liberty to Downtown Deco Walking Tour Minneapolis, MN Montreal, Quebec, Canada A Long-Awaited Tribute: Frank Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE Industrial Design Art Deco Society of New York artsmia.org/888-642-2787 mbam.qc.ca/514-285-2000 Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France Lloyd Wright’s Usonian House joslyn.org/402-342-3300 New York, NY October 4–January 17, 2016 October 28–November 1 musee-orsay.fr/en and Pavilion Paul Poiret, Evening Coat (fur-trimmed), c. 1922. artdeco.org/212-679-3326 New Objectivity: Modern German Pre-Congress Program, Thru May 31 +33 (0)1 40 49 48 14 Guggenheim, New York, NY Eldzier Cortor Coming Home: Paul Poiret, Evening Coat (green), c. 1925. June 5–September 27 Art in the Weimar Republic, Beijing, China guggenheim.org/new-york 1919–1933 Recent Gifts to the Art Institute Gifts of the estate of Mrs. Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry. COMING IN 2015 Black Mountain: An Interdisciplinary November 1–6 212-423-3575 Art Institute of Chicago Experiment 1933–1957 Los Angeles County Museum 13th World Congress on Art Deco These dazzling garments are among the fashions dating from the Downtown Deco, Chicago Board Chicago, IL May 8–August 16 Museum für Gegenwart of Art Shanghai, China of Trade, and Merchandise Mart artic.edu/312-443-3600 early 1920s through the 1930s featured in Golden Glamour: The Lee Miller Berlin, Germany Los Angeles, CA November 7–10 lacma.org/323-857-6000 Post-Congress Program Walking Tours Thru May 31 Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry Collection, on view at the Rhode Albertina, Vienna, Austria smb.museum Nanjing, China Riverfront Deco: A Walking and Coney Island: Visions of an Island School of Design Museum through July 5. The exhibition albertina.at/+43 1 534 83-0 +49(0)30/266424242 October 9–January 17, 2016 shanghaiartdeco.net Trolley Tour American Dreamland, 1861–2008 offers an intimate peek into the wardrobe of this American May 13 June 17 Jacob Lawrence’s Paintings of the Chicago Architecture Foundation Wadsworth Atheneum Museum philanthropist and Rhode Island native. Curator’s Tour: Inside View of Saving Film Screening: Enough to Live On: Hero of Haiti November 6–March 19, 2016 architecture.org/312-922-3432 of Art, Hartford, CT Place: 50 Years of New York City The Arts of the WPA Taft Museum of Art Jazz: Through the Lens of Cincinnati Union Terminal thewadsworth.org/860-278-2670 Landmarks Smithsonian American Art Cincinnati, OH Herman Leonard taftmuseum.org/513-241-0343 Brigham Young University Rotunda Tours Thru June 11 Thru July 5 Thru July 26 Museum of the City of New York Museum, Washington, DC Museum of Art Cincinnati History Museum Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art Golden Glamour: The Edith The Rise of American Modernism New York, NY americanart.si.edu/202-633-7970 October 13–June 24, 2016 Provo, UT Cincinnati, OH and the Birth of American Television Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry Indianapolis Museum of Art Art Deco Society of New York Who’s Afraid of Women artdeco.org/212-679-3326 September 4–January 10, 2016 moa.byu.edu/801-422-8287 cincymuseum.org/513-287-7031 Smart Museum of Art Collection Indianapolis, IN Lyonel Feininger and Alfred Kubin: Photographers? Art Deco Walking Tours of Chicago, IL Rhode Island School of imamuseum.org/317-923-1331 May 14 A Friendship of Artists Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France musee-orsay.fr/en Los Angeles and Union Station Tours smartmuseum.uchicago.edu Design Museum Thru July 31, 2016 World Film Premiere: Enough to Albertina, Vienna, Austria +33 (0)1 40 49 48 14 The J. Paul Ge Los Angeles Conservancy 773-702-0200 Providence, RI Machines for Living Live On: The Arts of the WPA albertina.at/+43 1 534 83-0 Los Angeles CA Thru June 21 risdmuseum.org/401-454-6500 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, New Britain Museum of laconservancy.org/213-623-2489 Helen Levitt in the Street Thru July 12 Wells Fargo Center American Art New Britain, CT San Francisco Walking Tours: High Museum of Art Helena Rubinstein: Beauty is Power Minneapolis, MN nbmaa.org/860-229-0257 T
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Downtown Deco, Art Deco Marina, y M Coit Tower Murals, Controversial high.org/404-733-4444 Boca Raton, FL May 16 Thru August 21 useu Murals of Rincon Center, Thru June 21 bocamuseum.org/561-392-2500 Life and Style in the Age of Art Deco Walk Wright In ringl + pit, Hut und Handschuhe Diego Rivera Mural at City College All the Rage in Paris Thru July 12 SFO Museum, San Francisco Wright Plus™ Architectural M (Hat and Gloves), 1930, gelatin silver print. , Housewalk l San Francisco City Guides Design, Fashion, Theatre Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo International Airport, o Frank Lloyd Wright Trust s sfcityguides.org/415-557-4266 McNay Art Museum in Detroit United Airlines Terminal 3 Grete Stern met Ellen Auerbach in the studio of Walter a Oak Park, IL n San Antonio, TX Detroit Institute of Arts San Francisco, CA Peterhans, where she was taking private classes. The two G Miami Beach Art Deco District e