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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
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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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Johannes Aasbjerg, Kenji Fujita and Ben SeibelI stopped by sidewalk sale on my ride to work and a guy was selling some of his nudes collection.
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Craft geek stuff Richard Mills from the Artist-Foundary Movement that was happening in San Jose in the 1960s.Dave Hampton wrote a book about it: Pouring Metal in the South BayLampsAlvar Aalto...
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Weston Havens House / Harwell Hamilton Harris
Weston Havens House (1939-1941) by Harwell Hamilton Harris, way up in the Berkeley Hills.Docomomo Northern California was hosting a tour that coincided with a shopping trip to the Bay Area.John Weston...
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At 5:30 in the morning, in the dark, that weed pot looked like you know who. It's not. I don't know who did the ceramic bird either, but it's cute.Seymour Robins
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Downtown Modernism / April 27th
Downtown ModernismApril 27th, 2025Market Hours are from 8AM-2PM2901 Saco St. Los Angeles, CA 90058This one is not to be missed! Dogs Welcome!More info: https://ladowntownmodernism.com/
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Weekend / Stuff
This post is the stuff from the weekend before last. I'm catching up.Paul Rand and a chair frame by the Martins. I'll go more in depth on them later.L-shaped coffee tableRobert MaxwellRuth Asawa from 1997
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Bailey House / Architectural Digest
The Bailey House by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg made it to the Architectural Digest Unique Spaces video series.And our boy Dave was part of it. Hopefully he won't get too mad that I posted a picture of...
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Here is my load from Downtown Modernism. It was another great one!Donald Drumm wall mounted candelabra and more of the Raymor spot lamps. Some dealers/auctions have attributed them to Harry Gitlin but...
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Modular Housing / Juan José Díaz Infante
In the late 1960s Mexican architect Juan José Díaz Infante Núñez (1936-2012) designed an all-plastic modular house for farm workers in Mexico. The fiberglass-reinforced polyester shell made them easy...
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Carl Auböck egg and Isamu Kenmochi Bauhaus dishes.It was a tough weekend on the picking front. Although the dishes do complete a set.
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It's a great weekend when a new Jack Boyd is involved.Ceramics, including Amy Donaldson and Hal FromholdNoguchi and another three legger.Robert Josten tableCatalogs
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Ivan Bartlett / Chicago
I came across this painting I've had for years in storage while I was pulling things out for Downtown Modernism. I decided I would sell it.I don't remember when or where I bought it but it was several...
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