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Hunt House / BLAKEHAUS Malibu
 Peter Blake Gallery curates another BLAKEHAUS installation. This time it's at the Hunt House by Craig Ellwood and Jerrold Lomax. It's my first time being back inside since it's been restored. At one...
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 The slim pickings of the holiday season is upon us.Arne Jacobsen, Nissen bar caddy, and Ted Saito hanging ceramic sculpture.I sold the Saito sculpture and the person who bought it asked me for more...
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Catalina Island / Casino
Catalina Island is someplace I thought about venturing to for years but for some reason never did. That was a mistake. It's so charming and there is even some good architecture.Catalina Casino (1929)...
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 A Tony Hill ceramic bowl (front) with a very Lukens influenced look. I put it on my coffee table already. Right next to Glen Lukens and Doyle Lane.Another Good Design catalog. I think I have all the...
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 Henning Koppel wood bowl, unknown sculpture and a pair of Orwell bowls by Christian Duc
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Eva Zeisel Space dividersDansk and Trude Petri Bucky and Creative Playthings
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 This was my first weekend out shopping in the new year. Bauhaus dishes by Isamu KenmochiThey were sold at Pottery Barn and similar retailers in the late 1970s and 80's.Bloomingdale bags by Ettore...
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Eames cats cradle. Does it get anymore architectural than this?Laura Andreson bowl, Paul Evans menorah, Piet Hein puzzle and a crafty ecclesiastical take on an Enzo Mari animali puzzle. A grasshopper...
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Bell Pavillion / Revisited
Sam Bell Beach House & Tramway (1955-65) by Dale NaegleIt's also known as the La Jolla Mushroom House. I've done a few posts on house over the years. In fact, this photo was taken a decade ago.It...
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 Sculpture sold through Peter Pepper ProductsErnie KimDanskForms & Surfaces / Panelcarve and Alexander Girard
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Levit House / Richard Neutra
  The William H. and Barbara Kaiser Levit House (1961) by Richard Neutra is the setting for the fourth BLAKEHAUS, curated by Peter Blake Gallery. As described by the gallery, BLAKEHAUS BEVERLY HILLS is...
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 Weed Pot by Susan PetersonPoster designed by Elaine Lustig Chen for her 1973 exhibition at John Bernard Myers Gallery, New York, NYHere is a photo of the exhibition.Source: Elaine Lustig CohenVintage...
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Wolfe Summer House / R.M. Schindler
Wolfe Summer House, by R.M. Schindler (1928-1931) Catalina Island, CAEthel and Charles Wolfe came to Los Angeles, attracted by the boom of the movie industry and the charm of a new world at the...
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 Mostly Eames this weekend. This is my first screen. It comes with a lot of patina. It's the way they look best.The LCW is one of the best looking chair designs in history.Rosewood DCM from about...
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I went to Palm Springs Modernism and mostly bought Japanese things.I did get a John Follis and some paper too.
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I've had some Eames luck lately.Super early with the exposed metal shock mounts.The earliest Evans labelGeorge Nelson string clock. I'm kinda into this as-is look. Marg Loring on the left. The wood...
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The Bailey Residence / Kendrick Bangs Kellogg
 The Bailey Residence by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (1983-1989) Dave Hampton took Dung Ngo and I on a Kellogg outing this week. The first stop was in the northern tip of San Diego County to visit a project...
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Roy McMakin / Postmodern Love Letter to California
Completed in 2022, Roy McMakin designed Punta Paloma to serve as his home and studio in the Banker's Hill neighborhood of San Diego. He calls it his Postmodern love letter to California. And yes, that...
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James Lovera birdhouse and Jens Quistgaard Rare Woods tray Harrison McIntosh tile top table. More about these Interpace Tiles here.Sven Petersen kinetic tabletop sculpture Â
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Architectural Pottery / AMOCA Talk
 This past weekend AMOCA hosted a Panel discussion as part of the Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape exhibition.It was a packed house. Someone from the museum said it was the most...
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 Amy Donaldson vase on a Henry P. Glass table model Danish tableFrom the famed Illums Bolighus store in Denmark
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80th Ceramic Annual / Scripps College
80th Scripps College Ceramic AnnualStarting in 1945, Scripps College has been mounting these legendary annual exhibitions. This year, they combined two major California collections for In the Hands of...
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Rope edge Zenith Eames chair with the grease pencil and the this LAX base. It checked all the geek boxes. The middle weed pot is James Wayne. The other two pieces are Japanese.
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David Cressey Solar design on a Pro Artisan John Follis planterTwo unknowns in the back and a beautiful Amy Donaldson in the front. Here's that Amy Donaldson from the topDon Jennings from the OC. I'm a...
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La Cacho / Tijuana Architecture
I joined @arquetipo_de_cambio while she was documenting historic buildings in Tijuana. Marissa grew up in Tijuana but has been living in Los Angeles for the last 15 years. Many extant structures still...
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