Esoteric Survey

Stuff from France, including a Finnish chair by Olavi Hanninen and a wall mount Lampe Gras designed by Bernard-Albin Gras.  Le Corbusier with a  Lampe Gras I went to Berlin and bought a book.  More on Interbau later.

Stan Bitters "Visuals in Clay" Exhibit  Opens Saturday June 2nd from 6pm - 9pm  Mohawk West 2929 Main Street Santa Monica CA A great group of people are involved with this one: Ten 10 Mohawk Photo by: Yoshiro Makino

Pipsan Saarinen Swanson table and chair More iron Smalls

Michael van Beuren In 1937, Van Beuren designed this chair for the bungalows at the famous Hotel Los Flamingos in Acapulco. It was his first project in Mexico and the beginning of the Bauhaus-trained designer's long career in the county. Source: El Diseño De Van Beuren, Ana Elena Mallet Lightolier lamp that a lot of people claim to be by  Maurizio Tempestini.  The brother to the little square one I found a few weeks ago.

Killingsworth, Brady and Associates, Killingsworth House (1966) Celebrating the Architecture of Edward A. Killingsworth Saturday, May 19th The Historical Society of Long Beach will be hosting a presentation by Ronald Dean Lindgren, Partner in Killingsworth Stricker Lindgren Wilson Architects. Lindgren will present “An Architectural History of Edward A. Killingsworth FAIA”, an illustrated presentation detailing Killingsworth’s work in Long Beach and beyond.  A tour of homes and offices designed by Edward Killingsworth, including his personal residence, will follow the presentation. More information and tickets here . Photo: Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

Max Gottschalk chair and his bouncy buddy Tork Smalls

GAPS IN THE RECORD: VANGUARD PRINT CULTURE IN SAN DIEGO May 11 – August 5, 2018 Gaps in the Record: Vanguard Print Culture in San Diego documents the overlapping literary and visual art practices and independent publishing activity within San Diego’s mid-twentieth century creative community. The exhibition centers on a small group of painters who were also writers: Don Dudley (1930), Guy Williams (1934-2004), Richard Allen Morris (1933), Malcolm McClain (1923-2012), John Baldessari (1931), and Fred Cooper (1939). Curated by Dave Hampton The opening reception has been rescheduled to Friday, June 1st More information at  San Diego History Center Poems for Painters, by Guy Williams, Duchamp, 1963, offset print on paper