Esoteric Survey

  I finally found the Tibor book in a hardcover. I'm always happy to get another Bolt A Best tray. This pattern is by Abel Sorensen. I'm also always happy to get another Nelson Bubble.  Do It Yourself Modern

  I had a bird thing going on at the Rose Bowl this weekend. This is my second Melvin Best ceramic bird and the wood one is Hagenauer for Wiener Werkstätte Kenji Fujita and metal things Toobs by Penny and Jim Hull of H.U.D.D.L.E.

Jerry Johnson for Landes storage unit, Designed for Moderns table, and John Keal for Pacific Iron Shelf  Smalls One of the best David Stewart pieces, I think.  Dansk and Po-Mo Poul Kjærholm PK 71 set and Milo Baughman for Murray desk Japanese There's always room for pie. This is heading to my favorite pie shop, Fat & Flour.

David Zwirner Gallery in Los Angeles has two really good exhibitions up at the moment. Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, organized by Shio Kusaka and Josef Albers, Duets.  Albers at Bauhaus Study for Tenayuca, c. 1942-1943 Luminous Day, 1947-1952 That's a lot of squares. Study for a Homage to the Square, c. 1970-1973 Three color studies for Homage to the Square Study for a Homage to the Square, 1964 One of the associates took me and a friend on a tour of the offices and viewing rooms upstairs. Magdalena rode her bike a lot around Venice. Magdalena on a classic Michael form. Josef and Magdalena at LACMA in 2024. This had to be the inspiration, right? More on that exhibition, here . Zwirner represents the John McCracken estate. They have another one on their back patio.

Last weekend I visited the new Geffen Galleries at LACMA. The project was designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. It's been in the works for two decades! It's so LA to have a car in the museum, which obviously the point. It's a really good example of an Avanti, as is the Ruth Asawa. I love this huge ceramics table, especially the lack of acrylic. Doyle Lane bowl They painted the metal brackets to match the glazes. Another Lane A big Natzler. Bernard Kester with Laura Andreson is a nice LA moment. Beato is in the front right. John Mason I took some photos of some older things too, like this Mayan ceramic from 400-600 CE. The plastics room. Kay Sekimachi These college buddies were also in the plastics gallery. Clock by Frank Cumming III Long Chair by Marcel Breuer DCW by Charles and Ray Eames With a nice Evans paper label from 1947-ish. Dora De Larios The Dora sculptures line the walkway that crosses over Wilshire. The Latin American design section Lina Bo Bardi Quilts on ...