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Poly Canyon / Architecture
Poly Canyon was established in 1963 by George Hasslein, the first dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, to exhibit large-scale experimental structures built by students at Cal...
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Julius Shulman / Modern San Diego
Photograph General Atomics by Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)Keith York at Modern San Diego has two exhibitions coming up... Julius Shulman:...
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Weekend / Stuff
Bill Lam, Isamu Noguchi, Tony Paul and James WayneDoyle LaneCat and Bird (1962) wall hanging by Evelyn Ackerman. It has certainly seen better days. I also found a stack of interesting photos. More on...
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Dan Johnson / Henry Harada
As mentioned previously, I picked up a stack of photos last weekend.Ilyana, a dress shop located in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Paul R. Williams was working on a major renovation of the hotel at the...
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Espenet Studio / Bolinas
Arthur Espenet Carpenter (1920-2006) built his studio in 1960, across the street from the Bolinas Lagoon. It now operates as a museum and workshop for Espenet's son, Tripp CarpenterEspenet at...
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Weekend / Stuff
Lobachi fire pit and lamp by Raymond Pfennig. They were made less than 40 miles away from each other, in the San Francisco Bay Area.Warren Musser was the inventor and manufacturer of the Lobachi. He is...
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Central Coast Modern / Museum of Ventura County
California Cool: Mid-century Modernism on the Central Coast opened last Friday at the Museum of Ventura County. Here are just a few pics. I'll do a more in-depth post later. Ceramic sculpture by Santa...
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Weekend / Stuff
Table by Sol Bloom for New Dimensions and a couple of pots. One is by San Luis Obispo potter, Roger Marshall. Alvin Lustig. It's been a while.When in Ojai, you always have to stop at Bart's Books.
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Julius Shulman / Modern San Diego
Photograph of Edward Killingsworth's Triad House by Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)Keith York at Modern San Diego has two exhibitions coming...
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Earl Wear / Topanga Canyon
Anderson House by W. Earl Wear (1958)Canadian architect W. Earl Wear (1925-2011) moved to Los Angeles in the early 1950s and only designed nine homes. In 1954 he settled in Topanga Canyon, where this...
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Downtown Modernism / October 27th
Downtown Modernism is Sunday,October 27thYou don't want to miss it!Check out the last one, here.
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Weekend / Stuff
Nathan Lerner chair and some other thingsSorry Rodney : (Doug AyersGalef or Wood??
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Richard Blow / Pietre Dure
I first heard of Richard Blow through Adam Edelsberg, who has been collecting the work for more than two decades. Adam is one of the top tier dealers in the country and this is how he describes his...
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Weekend /Stuff
Luther Conover and George NelsonMaurice GrossmanAlexander Girard Braniff Airlines pinAlexander Girard cup from La Fonda del Sol
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Tucson / Modernism
Tucson Modernism Week 2019, presented by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation was held this past weekend. A small group of San Diegans ventured out to join the fun.The firs stop, as it is when I...
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Arthur T Brown / Tucson Modernism
Also on the Tucson Modernism Week architecture tour was the Ball-Paylore house (1952) by Arthur T Brown.The Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation recently purchased the house and it is such a great...
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Weekend / Stuff
William Katavolos chair for Leathercrafter and Maurice Martine table Marguerite Wildenhain Pond Farm cup and a vase I'm trying to figure out.
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Weekend / Stuff
Another Downtown Modernism is in the books. It's the only place I shopped this weekend and this is what I came home with. What other flea market produces three Harrison McIntosh vases, an early Heino,...
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Weekend / Stuff
Greta Grossman for Ralph O Smith and La Gardo Tackett for Architectural PotteryThat Good Design label thoughEphemera, Tom Sachs and John NovyThree Weekend Stuff posts in a row. Sorry for slacking off.
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