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and late 20th century produced—corner to corner. The dark
gray is a Mollino quotation, as well as a Baldwin dictum.
Another Baldwin bon mot was to warm a gray wall with gilded
frames. Hassan has not had recourse to this anachronism,
but instead has gilded the gray with the Saturn chandelier,
by Simon, of small orange and amber suspended globes.
In the entry hall is another consummately cool tableau that is
yet inviting, an almost rustic take on modernism. An entire wall
is sheathed in horizontal, silvery slivers of slate, against which
hangs an abstract painting, in blue, gray, white and black,
Retrospection, 2013, by James Kennedy. The Siena 4 console,
of wood on skinny steel legs, is from Organic Modernism;
alongside it resides a marble Pouf by Cerruti Baleri. A capacious
