Samuel Abraham Marx

So much for getting plastered. It's time for me to learn something about a really important American furniture designer and architect. Samuel Marx was born in Mississippi in 1885. He went to MIT and graduated in architecture. Marx is, and has been a major influence in furniture design. Liz O'Brien's recent book, Ultramodern, describes Samuel Marx as an Architect, Designer, and Art Collector. She asserts his role in the modernist movement. Marx was influenced greatly by Robsjohn Gibbings and altered a lot of Gibbings designs. His style of furniture had clean almost architectural lines. He was also influenced by Jean-Michel Frank, who was a deco designer. It was said in the 40's that is was hard to say where the architecture ended and the furniture began. His prices have gone through the roof. I wish we had some. .