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Clyde Burt / Palm Springs Modernism
One of my favorite booths at the 2019 Palm Springs Modernism show was the Clyde Burt exhibition by Converso. In addition to traditional pottery forms, there were some dynamite abstract wall plaques and...
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Palm Springs Modernism / 2019
Objects USA, San DiegoPalm Springs Modernism Show and Sale 2019The ikebana arrangement is by Auralynn NguyễnDave Hampton's wall of Concrete PoetryOur neighbors, Hunt Modern, Santa FeThey brought the...
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Weekend / Stuff
David Wurster lamp for Raymor, bottle and stand by Robert Hanley (as seen in the Modern Color / Pacifica ad), Valentine typewriter, and some smalls.
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Cree House / Albert Frey
In 1947, Raymond Cree, a school superintendent who went into real estate developer hired Albert Frey to design a hotel on 12 acres Cree owned on East Palm Canyon Drive. The hotel never materialized,...
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Luther Conover and Milo Baughman for MurrayStan Bitters BirdhouseCreation by Gordon Onslow FordAll good!
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Chandler Airport / Fresno
Fresno has some architectural gems. I've posted on some of the 1960s architecture in the past, but this time I stopped off at the terminal and former control tower at The Chandler Field/Fresno...
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Weekend / Stuff
Jack Boyd, Herny Mittwer and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess + Michael FrimkessI've never see one with this label.Pots by Hal Fromhold and Bernard Kester
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Raphael Soriano / Glen Lukens House
The Glen Lukens house by Raphael Soriano (1940) is up for sale. Listed at nearly $2 million, it has been fully restored by Barry Milofsky of M2A Architects. It's on a huge beautifully-landscaped lot in...
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Mod Swap / This Weekend!
Mod SwapBack by popular demand, the second Mod Swap hosted at One Bunk Barrio Logan. A big group of collectors will be coming together this Saturday March 16th, from 9am -1pm to unload some great...
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Mod Swap / San Diego 2019
Thanks to everyone who participated in Mod Swap and especially to our host, One Bunk. The first few Mod Swaps took place between a group of friends in their backyards. We love that it still has the...
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Weekend / Stuff
Malcolm Leland sculptureI picked up a nice little group of early Leland ceramics.This is Leland too. Kenji Fujita, Bernard Kester and a cup by Daniel Rhodes and Don ReitzLeather sling chair, Kai...
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BOB MATHENY / ALMOST ANONYMOUS
BOB MATHENY: ALMOST ANONYMOUS IS THE FIRST MAJOR SURVEY OF THE WORK OF BOB MATHENYThis exhibition at the San Diego History Center ends on March 24th! Since the late 1950s Matheny has developed his...
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Weekend / Stuff
Painting by Conrad Woods, 1961 and a planter by Raul CoronelConrad Woods (1932-1993) was the son of actor Donald Woods. He studied at UCLA and received his BFA and MFA from the University Illinois,...
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Downtown Modernism / Sunday, April 28th
This is your one month warning. Downtown Modernism is Sunday, April 28thYou don't want to miss it!
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Weekend / Stuff
Sori Yanagi butterfly stool, Marilyn Kay Austin and Hugh Acton benchHenry P Glass book cart and a stoolDavid Cressey ashtrays for Architectural Pottery and La Gardo Tackett.I stopped at the dunes on...
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John A Shaver / Tucson Modern
I was in Tucson this past weekend and spotted a school with a series of buildings with thin-shell concrete roofs and breezeblock. Walter Douglas Elementary School was completed in 1961. John Shaver was...
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Weekend / Stuff
Smalls: Peter Pepper, Design Line, Doug Ayers and David StewartAntonio VitaliHerman Miller, 1961George Rickey
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W. Earl Wear / Architecture
W. Earl Wear (1958)Wear (1925-2011) was a Canadian who received his Master's Degree in Architecture from the University of Toronto. He moved to California in 1952 and designed nine homes in Los...
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Weekend / Stuff
La Gardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery, Navajo and magazine holderPeter Shire, Jens Quistgaard and La Gardo TackettNOS Sintesi hangers by Ernesto Gismondi
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Downtown Modernism / Sunday, April 28th
This Sunday!Downtown Modernism is Sunday, April 28thYou don't want to miss it!My junk from last year.
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