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The Collection of Niall Smith

By STAIR

Nov 8, 2023

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As a feisty, young Irishman who arrived in New York City in the late 1960s, dealer and collector Niall Smith wasted little time establishing a signature style. His bark & his brogue were legendary. Wednesday, November 1: 9am – 5pm Thursday, November 2: 9am – 5pm Friday, November 3: 11am – 5pm Sund STAIR internetrequests@stairgalleries.com

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• Lot Description

  Including: Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People with photographs by Horst, text by Valentine Lawford, and foreword by Diana Vreeland, The Condé Nast Publications, Inc., 1968; Happy Times by Brendan Gill and Jerome Zerbe, Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, Inc., 1973; The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration by Norma Skurka, The New York Times Book Co. Inc., 1976; The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration edited by George O'Brien, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965, with torn outer jacket; Roomscapes: The Decorative Architecture of Renzo Mongiardino edited by Fiorenzo Cattaneo, Rizzoli International, 1993; An Illustrated History of Furnishing: From the Reaissance to the Twentieth Century by Mario Praz, published by arrangement with Longanesi and C., Milan, George Braziller, Inc., 1964; Horst Interiors by Barbara Plumb, A Bullfinch Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, 1993, first edition; Legendary Decorators of the Twentieth Century by Mark Hampton, Doubleday, 1992; A House is Not a Home by Bruce Weber, A Bullfinch Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, 1996, first edition; and Italian Gardens by Georgina Masson, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1961 (10).

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• Provenance

  The Collection of Niall Smith.

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