Esoteric Survey

  Isamu Kenmochi Kathuo Mathumura for Yamaguchi. At least that is what the label says. The designer is really  Katsuo Matsumura. Obviously a letter was switched in translation. I had a set of tables before with the same incorrect label.  Eames ESU, another second series. Van Keppel Green Stools: Isamu Kenmochi and iron and leather Sori Yanagi pitcher and George Nelson (Irving Harper) Boltabest tray   Japanese iron and La Gardo Tackett  A California trio of Tony Hill, Elizabeth Madley, and Bob Stocksdale Kurt Versen and Gerald Thurston Early Soleri bell It was a good weekend!!

  Ellamarie Woolley enamel plaque. This was actually mine before and I sold it to a friend. Luckily I had the opportunity to buy it back. Once upon a time it belonged to Jean Balmer. I lent it to the Museum of California Design for their California's Designing Women exhibition and it made the cover.  Also, a huge coincidence that I picked up the exact Dorothy Liebes tiles that were in the exhibition and book. Bill Stern was a good guy.  More about that exhibition, here .  This Bob Stocksdale piece also has some good provenance. Pamela Weir-Quiton purchased it from Bob himself.  I rescued this DCM without a seat and the backrest on upside down. It had been inside a shabby chic mall for several months and then they moved to the back yard. It was left for dead under the elements and I just couldn't stand to see it that way. A real "chair"ity move, I know. 

 Evelyn Ackerman mosaic, Bob Stocksdale bowl, Fey Marshall enamel and a great Joel Edwards bowl. Jack Boyd pendants  Ben Goo and another Boyd Here's a closer look at that Joel Edwards. Atomic Espresso maker designed by Giordano Robbiatti in 1947 A new set of fake Tackett canisters I'm not sure if this qualifies as a problem yet.

Bob Stocksdale, Black Walnut from California Pretty close to the paper bowl by his wife Kay Sekimachi Japan Wayne Chapman Dean Santner articulated alligator This DCW has had a rough life, but still looks incredible This Evans label dates back to 1946 

In the Realm of Nature is a retrospective exhibition of work by the married legends of craft, Kay Sekimachi (1926-) and Bob Stocksdale (1913-2003). The exhibition is on view at the Mingei until March 15, 2015.  Bob Stocksdale Kay Sekimachi monofilament fiber sculptures Bob Stocksdale, in wenge Furniture by Stocksdale is hard to come by.  This one belongs to Kay. Kay Bob and Kay at work There's a hefty book with the same title as the exhibition. The Mingei  has left one out on the Nakashima bench for a full craft experience.

Sam Maloof Kay Sekimachi Bob Stocksdale John Kapel children's furniture Ruth Asawa June Schwarcz enamel I forgot who did this but it's super cool A museum isn't a museum without an Eames chair That screen looks like a newer one. Huge Voulkos ceramic sculpture Pete on TV Robert Arneson Voulkos and Prieto Bay Area Figurative: Richard Diebenkorn  Hassel Smith George Rickey, T wo Red Lines II, 1966 Barry McGee Peter Mason Bond