Esoteric Survey

Barney Reid (1948) Wroughtan by Ritts bar cart designed by Forest Wilson. Thanks to Jonathan Goldstein for the ID! Designed Wood reversible tray for Richards Morgenthau/Raymor Gabriella Crespi and others.   General merchandise

  Abel Sorensen, Glenn of California and Barney Reid Wilmer James and Tony Hill. I found the James on Saturday and the Hill in a different city on Sunday.  As you might recall from  this post , James and Hill were business partners.  More on this in a future post. Henry Dreyfuss

  Barney Reid Gordon Onslow Ford drawing

  Stan Bitters for Hans Sumpf Malcolm Leland for Architectural Pottery, from the Barney Reid estate Paolo Soleri, La Gardo Tackett, Ed Cromey

Low rocker by Steve Rieman (as seen in California Design 76), Ben Sebel lamp and chair by Ray Komai. Lamps Joel Edwards and Barney Reid pottery Jens Risom Ephemera

Cabinet by Berkeley architect John Gilbert Wells and some smalls Sori Yanagi tray and Paul Rand covers for PM Journal (1938 & 1941) Barney Reid enamel La Gardo Tackett

Print Culture: Midcentury Modern Graphic Design Curated by Dave Hampton Art Gallery - 9th Floor,   San Diego Central Library Barney Reid and Kay Whitcomb silkscreened textiles    At least the war machine used to have good graphics The defense industry was a huge client for the creatives at the time.  War machine architecture Convair Astronautics by  Pereira & Luckman Convair Astronautics by  Pereira & Luckman. It's long gone.   Photo: Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Armin Richter was a great 1950s interiors shop in La Jolla Bob Matheny was commissioned to do a sculpture for Psychology Today. Definitely not a sleeper.  Bob Matheny is smart A wall of exhibition posters by and for some of San Diego's greatest artists. Gary Imhoff, a student of Richard Allen Morris, had his first art s...