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David StewartWayne ChapmanI now have a hanging friend for Malcolm LelandDon ShoemakerRoland Smith lamp with the early metal ball counterweight
View ArticleDome House / Soleri Mills
The Dome House, 1949, in Cave Creek Arizona, by Paolo Soleri and Mark Mills. Both were former apprentices under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. The house was commissioned by Lenora Woods, who...
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Jewelry by San Diego enamelist and silversmith, James Parker.Table with a planterPotsBooks
View ArticleBart Prince / Architecture
Bart Prince Home and Studio (1984), in Albuquerque, New Mexico I was there in December.The masonry tower was added in 1990. It serves as the library.Prince is a native of Albuquerque. He studied...
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The Wilshire Shopping Center (1964) by Robert Walters in Roswell, New MexicoThe center has a number of sculptures by New Mexican artist, Herb GoldmanSadly, the Goldman sculpture seen here is no longer...
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Japanese lampEames, Alexander Girard, Herman MillerClay, including Myrton Purkiss and Amy Donaldson
View ArticleHippie Modernism / The Struggle for Utopia
Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia at The Berkeley Art Museum. The exhibition explores the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and its impact on art, architecture, and design.J.B. Blunk and...
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Bulmore and Kurt Versen on Japanese tablesThe build quality of Bulmore lamps is incredible. This thing is so heavy! Dudley Bulmore and his son Robert ran the San Francisco company.Jun Kaneko...
View ArticleLAMA Auction / May 2017
LAMA Preview for the May 21 Art and Design auctionHere we have a Van Keppel Green table and a KEM Weber Airline chair for DisneyClaire Falkenstein ceramic sculpture from 1939Ken Price cupKen Price cup...
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Arthur Umanoff side tables, La Gardo Tackett, and a bench from JapanStilux Saturn Lamp from ItalyJerry Glaser BowlsHans Wegner Papa Bear OttomanSmalls
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Wood and JapaneseLightolierSerge Chermanoff for L. Anton Maix FabricsVivika + Otto Heino and La Gardo TackettGerald McCabe
View ArticleThe Barn / A. Quincy Jones
There is a New England style barn on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles. It was originally designed in 1950 as a photographer’s studio. In 1965, A.Quincy Jones (seen here) purchased the building and...
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1950s chair by The Inco CompanyJohn RisleyThis exit sign looks very similar to the one at the Sea Ranch Lodge.Supergraphics at Sea Ranch were designed by Barabara Stauffacher Solomon.Image: Hall of Femmes
View ArticlePaul McCobb / Wright
On June 29th, Wright will hold the first auction dedicated solely to Paul McCobb. Much of it comes from the collection of Reform Gallery.Pavilion Collection room divider, model 6000, by ArbuckPaul...
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Pepe Mendoza from Mexico and a stool from EcuadorLa Gardo Tackett and Sori YanagiCalifornia studio pottery, including Susan Peterson, Hal Fromhold, Ira Bates, Bernard Kester and Wayne ChapmanRaymond Loewy
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George Nelson bubble and Nathan Lerner Chair (1947)Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide (1975) and Alvin Lustig Russell Woodard Sculptura rockerBall-B-Q (Canadian Design- That's right Canada) and Barwa Good...
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