Esoteric Survey

Claire Falkenstein wallpaper. 

There was a recent post on LACMA's blog "Unframed" that   includes this Luther Conover chair, videos of John Kapel and  Kay Sekimachi, and information on Sam Maloof. The author of the post bought the Conover chair for $80! Check it out: What Is It About Chairs? 

Sori Yanagi dies at 96 More here: LA Times

Arcosanti, December 24th and 25th Ceramic Studio, front Ceramic Studio, back The Sky Suite Christmas morning sunrise Bell chambers as room decorations Arcosanti Cafe Nobody was there, so it was operating on the honor system. Special assembly bell in the Cafe Rebar Christmas tree at the cafe Learn more about Arcosanti and Paolo Soleri here:  www.arcosanti.org

  Ellamarie and Jackson Woolley  "Reflective Sun"  at the Mingei International Museum Leave it to Hampton to uncover this one deep inside storage at the San Diego Civic Center .   He wrote about too.  Check it out on  Culture Lust San Diego Civic Theater, ca. 1964.  Photo: Courtesy of the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture via  Culture Lust

Rapson Inc., Boston Ralph Rapson, Harry Bertoia, Eames Alan Gould, Paul Laszlo Pacific Iron, Knoll  Rapson Inc., Boston Alvin Lustig Armin Richter, La Jolla Irving Szabo, Alvar Aalto,  Eames, Laverne,  Bruno Mathsson Design Center, San Diego Luther Conover, Greta Grossman, Modern Color, Knoll, Van Keppel Green, Eames Maurice Martine, South Laguna

Alexander Girard's Fisher Road home/studio, Grosse Point, Michigan, 1940s  Alexander Girard's Kercheval Place studio, Grosse Point, Michigan, 1940s Alexander Girard, Eames,  Isamu Noguchi, Knoll, Ray Komai    Alexander Girard's Kercheval Place studio, Grosse Point, Michigan, 1940s  Maurice Martine, Eames, Bill Lam, William Armbuster, Tony Paul, Alexander Girard's Kercheval Place studio, Grosse Point, Michigan, 1940s  Girard table, Don Knorr Alexander Girard's Kercheval Place studio, Grosse Point, Michigan, 1940s  Photos:  ALEXANDER GIRARD   by Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee This is a great book.

Bad Inco redo- Through the window of a shop on Abbot Kinney in Venice

I might be OK with x mas if it had anything to do with this table. 

Greta Grossman, Glenn of California. Sold for  $10,000 Photo: Wright Greta Grossman double cobra lamp, Ralph O Smith. Sold for  $12,500 It seems like the table would be worth more? Photo: Wright Wacky switch. Photo: Wright

Isamu Noguchi, 1946 Chair Prototype, Sold for $182,500 Not a bad investment since it sold at Christie's for $72,500 in 2007  Photo: Sotheby's In 1946  William A.M. Burden hired  Noguchi to design chairs and a table to be used  in his  house in Maine, by   architect Wallace K Harrison.   Burden went  went with Eames DCMs instead.  I'm all about Eames, but they wouldn't be my choice with this table.   The Burden house burned to a crisp in 1999 and the only reason this chair is still around is because  it was stashed away in storage. I've seen this chair in person and these pictures don't do it justice.   I can't believe the guy who  owned it  actually let it go.  I guess the $100k profit makes it a little  easier  to part with.  Photo: Sotheby's Photo: NY Times The Burden house was rebuilt in 2006 Photo: NY Times

Wright has a great collection of 1951 MoMA Lamp Competition winners at their December 15th Auction. Heifetz produced 10 of the 15 winners and Wright has  seven of them at the sale- not bad. This is the Joseph Burnett reflector lamp.  It won first prize. Photo: Wright Robert Gage T-6-G model, honorable mention. They have three of these for sale.  Photo: Wright I want that tag! Photo: Wright A.W. and Marion Geller, honorable mention Photo: Wright Zahara Schatz, mention Photo: Wright James Harvey Crate T-C-3, third prize Photo: Wright Gilbert A. Watrous, special prize Photo: Wright John van Zwienen T-7-V, mention Photo: Wright One of the ones not at Wright Anthony Ingolia, second prize Photo: Interiors Another missing model Lester Geis, honorable mention Photo: Interiors The third missing model Alexey Brodovitch, honorable mention Photo: Interiors