LAMA / May 2016

A monumental Sheila Hicks fiber sculpture at the preview for the May 22nd LAMA sale.

It appears they also have some Walter Lamb furniture

KEM Weber desk and side table designed for the Disney studios in 1938.

KEM Weber music cabinet designed for the Disney studios in 1938.

This was the KEM Weber set up at Disney, complete with an "Airline" chair on the right 


Three paintings by Oskar Fischinger
Coincidentally, Oskar worked as motion picture cartoon effects animator at Disney right around the same time KEM Weber designed the new offices. Theoretically, he could have been using a Weber desk when he was working on Fantasia.
Fischinger at work at the Disney studio in 1939. He hated it. More on that, here.

Source: Elfriede Fischinger via Michael Sporn Animation 

Salvador Dali was around the Disney studio too. There is an "Airline" chair in the corner.

Source:  Night Flight

Bernard "Tony" Rosenthal, 1953

 Rosenthal on Arts & Architecture, 1953

Nelson Clocks

A super clean George Nelson Home Office Desk and stool for Herman Miller

 Isamu Noguchi chess table (IN-61) for Herman Miller.
The VKG shelf in the back is pretty great too.

This is the third one to go through LAMA. 
There are about a dozen known to exist. More on that, here.

An Espenet dining set. It was made for enamelist June Schwarcz.

Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian chairs

Ricahrd Neutra Camel Table from the Serulnic Residence. There is also a rendering from the house up for auction.

John Baldessari poster. 
National City's finest.

June Kaneko

Ettore Sottsass room divider 
Memphis is perpetually the next big thing. I think it might be true this time.