Incollect Magazine - Issue 4

2023 Incollect Magazine 21 In the New York City Flatiron apartment designed by Suzanne Tucker for her blue-chip art collector clients, White Spray, 1982, a large-scale work by Helen Frankenthaler anchors and energizes the luminous setting. The painting’s vibrant washes of summery color are carried over in the textiles and ceramics accents, and also in an ethereal work of collectible design floating above. Tucker commissioned the custom Fragile Future light sculpture by Studio Drift, whose works explore the relationship between nature, technology and people. Within the delicate coppery toned framework, actual dandelion seed heads are illuminated, creating delicate halos of white light; the effect magical. The vintage 1970s Murano table lamps are by Willy Rizzo for Lumica. Floors were stained a dark ebony tone, creating depth and contrast with the warm neutral shades of the wall color and upholstery. A pebbly-surfaced custom shagreen-top cocktail table, lustrous lacquered Tabouret Hadrien stool by Hervé Van der Straeten, plush velvet and nubby silk upholstery fabrics are layered to create a medley of textural moments, each catching light in a different way. Framing the windows which offer views of some of New York City’s most iconic buildings, sheer wool curtain panels evoke architectural columns. Photo: Roger Davies Extraordinary Interiors by Suzanne Tucker © The Monacelli Press, 2022.