Esoteric Survey

Nepenthe (1949) by Rowan Maiden Located on Highway 1 in Big Sur, Nepenthe started as a three-story log cabin built by the Trail Club of Jolon in 1925.  Local writer Lynda Sargent began renting the cabin after the Trail Club stopped using it and eventually let Henry Miller stay there when he moved to Big Sur.  Then in 1944, Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth purchased the property and used it as a retreat during their short marriage. In 1947 Bill and Madelaine "Lolly" Fassett  purchased the land out of the divorce settlement from Hayworth. The initial plan was to use it as a vacation home but Lolly said   the site and its magnificent vistas were too vast, too wonderful to keep to themselves – “no individual can own it, it belongs to everyone”    They chose  Taliesin Fellow Rowan Maiden to help construct their vision.  Rowan studied under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West from 1939 to 1941. He married  Germaine, whose father was Frank Lloyd Wright’s gardener.   Unfortunately Rowa

 Milo Baughman for Glenn of California shelf and a nice wool rug. This technique, usually with lampshades, is widely attributed to Maria Kipp.  I'd like to explore this further. The trash can does have a "Handwoven in California" sticker on the inside. 

Mrs. Clinton Walker House (1951), Carmel Point in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Della Brooks Walker (1902-1984) wasn't just any Walker. She was married to Clinton Walker (1875-1944), who was the son of  T. B. Walker, founder of The Walker Art Center .  In 1945, Mrs. Walker wrote Frank Lloyd  Wright asking him to design a house for a property she owned in Carmel by the Sea.  It took 5 years to design and build.  Although it was enlarged in 1956, Initially, it was 1,000 square feet with three bedrooms, three baths, a kitchen and a 400 square foot living area. "That is the kind of house I promised my client. This "cabin on the rocks" is not a family house but a haven at the seaside for a single individual living in specific comfort of her own choosing." - Frank Lloyd Wright Source: House+Home, 1954 Thomas Church was the Landscape Architect The 3,000 square foot roof is two and a half times the size of the 1,200 sq. ft. house and carport. The triangular tables are b

  Did Judd ever spend a summer in Big Sur? Paper Bow wow Barwa

"For Example" Richard Allen Morris at City Gallery The exhibition was an overview of Richard's older work. This is one of the most recent paintings in the show, from 2010.   That's Richard on the left.

  Vista-Costa Mesa Furniture from the estate of one of the owners of the company.  Don R. Bates & Jackson Gregory Jr. were partners in the orange county-based Vista Furniture company and the later iterations, such as Vista-Costa Mesa Furniture and Costa Mesa Furniture.   Jens Quistgaard and smalls