The connection between a Paul Frankl mirror, a Karl Springer glass chandelier and the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal is not immediately obvious, but when the designer Alexander Gorlin was asked to create a vignette using the works on offer at this weekend's 20th Century Two-Day Modern sale at Sollo Rago, suddenly these disparate elements came together. A number of top designers, such as Amy Lau, Juan Montoya, and Steven Sclaroff, took the challenge, but Gorlin's timely take on Spitzer's indiscretion stands out. Gorlin transformed his 200 square-foot blank canvas into a room at the Mayflower Hotel and called it "Client 9," casting a pair of male and female Leo Sewell sculptures as the supposed sex-seeking New York governor and his infamous Jersey call girl. A Jean Royère daybed covered with a white goatskin is well placed, calling to mind fancy things that seem, well, a little cheap. If you look closely, you'll see the face of the man is a dartboard. And as stationary and erect as it is -- one can't help but notice -- it makes quite the easy target. --LIZ MCDANIEL

SOLLO RAGO
"Modern Masters" on view April 5-11
204 North Union Street
Lambertville, NJ

20th Century Two Day Modern Sale
April 12-13
Doors open at 9am

(Photo via wynnphoto.com for Sollo Rago Auctions)

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