Doyle Lane / Master of Clay
Doyle Lane : Master of Clay at the Huntington Art Museum, Library and Botanical Gardens.This is the first major museum retrospective on Doyle Lane (1923–2002). It's long overdue and certainly won't be...
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Things I picked up at Mod Swap. It was super fun.Box by Doyle LaneMarj Hyde painting from 1973Not from Mod Swap: Umanoff magazine stand, David Stewart and Sea Ranch
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I haven't been to Arcosanti in almost a decade. My past trips have always been in the winter and that includes Christmas a couple times. It was pretty hot and humid on this trip. The population of...
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I went to Arizona over the weekend and had a little time to do some shopping. The tag on the Eames wire chair said it was a DWR Eames chair. I'm assuming that was what Google Lens told them. It's...
View ArticleSchindler House / Kings Road
The Schindler House by R.M. Schindler (1922).There's a lot of debate about the first modern houses. I'm not sure this is one of the first but it's certainly one of the best. I've been a number of...
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Charles Pfister for Knoll bowl, Gump's frame and a Japanese wood bowl.Tackett times twoJade Snow Wong getting married at Mills College
View ArticleMod Swap / Objects USA
The irregularly scheduled but always fun MOD SWAP is back!ObjectsUSA, Modern San Diego and collectors of Modernism from around Southern California and Mexico will bring together furniture, art, and...
View ArticleMuseo Dolores Olmedo / Mexico City
The Dolores Olmedo Museum, in Xochimilco, is home to the largest collection of works by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the world. Along with the art is 16th-century architecture, peacocks,...
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Early Walter Lamb chair and a Japanese garden lampStan Hawk, studio jewelry chest and a stone sculpture.
View ArticleCasa San Buenaventura / Manuel Parra
Casa San Buenaventura by Manuel Parra was built from 1991-1993.Parra, true to his style, incorporated many reclaimed architectural elements and building materials from demolished historic buildings....
View ArticleLomas de Chapultepec / Manuel Parra
Private residence by Manuel Parra, located in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City. The owner of the house has lived there since he was a young child. His father commissioned Parra to design the home in...
View ArticleCasa-Estudio O'Gorman / Juan O’Gorman
Casa-Estudio Juan O’Gorman (1933). The Juan O’Gorman Residence and studio in San Angel, Mexico City. He built and lived in the house, moved out and eventually moved back in. He would end up taking his...
View ArticleConlon Nancarrow / Juan O'Gorman
Casa Estudio Conlon Nancarrow, designed by Juan O'Gorman (1948,1972)Nancarrow was an American composer who moved to Mexico City in 1940. He joined the Communist Party in the United States in 1930 and...
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Early Doyle Lane vaseThe Doyle Lane came with Ralph Bacerra and Vivika and Otto Heino pots. These three all came together which is interesting because both Lane and Bacerra studied under Vivika. In...
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I went to Mexico City and did a little shopping while I was there.Pepe Mendoza and snakes.The bookends are by Don Shoemaker. It's a design by him I've never seen before.A scene from La Lagunilla flea...
View ArticleArchitectural Pottery / Lawrence Residence
A reunion was held last weekend to bring together everyone who was involved in the Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape book and AMOCA exhibition. It was held at the home of...
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It's been a while since I've had a Wayne Chapman birdhouse. Machine Age lamp
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I had a good weekend. Getting pieces by Henry Takemoto and Doyle Lane on the same day doesn't happen often. It's funny that the Takemoto has weed pots on it ann the Lane isn't a weed pot. The cups are...
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Marguerite Wildenhain, Tom McMillin, Vic Bracke, and a couple of Japan things.Richard Galef, Lisa Larson, handmade stool
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