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LAMA Auction / Ocotober 2015
LAMA Preview for the October 11th auction
This is the Dan Johnson Department
Espenet
Evans Clark shelf/room divider. One of the coolest shelf designs.
Luther Conover
With a rarely seen Conover stamp
Eames Department
Evil Eames Department
JB Blunk Department
Fancy French Department
Fancy Fancy Department
Patio Furniture Department That's a lot of Lamb
Hard-edge Department
Ed Ruscha and Ken Price - Ferus Department
Ken Price
Joe Goode and Roy McMakin- LA Department <
This is the Dan Johnson Department
Espenet
Evans Clark shelf/room divider. One of the coolest shelf designs.
Luther Conover
With a rarely seen Conover stamp
Eames Department
Evil Eames Department
JB Blunk Department
Fancy French Department
Fancy Fancy Department
Patio Furniture Department That's a lot of Lamb
Hard-edge Department
Ed Ruscha and Ken Price - Ferus Department
Ken Price
Joe Goode and Roy McMakin- LA Department <
Schindler / Bonhams
A Rudolph M. Schindler painted douglas fir and frosted glass floor lamp from the Wolfe House, which was demolished in 2002.
It's part of the Bonhams: 20th Century Decorative Arts and Designauction.
Wolfe House
Source: Schindler by David Gebhard
Ethel Wolfe in her living room Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard
Charles Wolfe
Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard
The demise of the Wolfe house was a long and sad saga. David Leclerc recounts his experience with the house from 1996 to 2001, here.. The house was condemned by that time and was being used by squatters and such. The custom Schindler furniture was piled up in front of the house. According to the description in the Bonhams catalog, the lamp was acquired from the Wolfe House (basically a dumpster dive).Ultimately, someone bought the house and scraped the land to built a piece of junk that can be seen here. Photo: LA Forum
The person who consigned all the Schindler lots lived in the Walker Hous…
It's part of the Bonhams: 20th Century Decorative Arts and Designauction.
Wolfe House
Source: Schindler by David Gebhard
Ethel Wolfe in her living room Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard
Charles Wolfe
Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard
The demise of the Wolfe house was a long and sad saga. David Leclerc recounts his experience with the house from 1996 to 2001, here.. The house was condemned by that time and was being used by squatters and such. The custom Schindler furniture was piled up in front of the house. According to the description in the Bonhams catalog, the lamp was acquired from the Wolfe House (basically a dumpster dive).Ultimately, someone bought the house and scraped the land to built a piece of junk that can be seen here. Photo: LA Forum
The person who consigned all the Schindler lots lived in the Walker Hous…
Edward H. Fickett / Architect
California Moderne and the Mid-Century Dream: The Architecture of Edward H. Fickett, by Richard Rapaport
Meadowlark Park (1949) in Northridge is one of the master planned modernish ranch tracts designed by Fickett. It's estimated that he was responsible for 60,000 homes in his career and was dubbed "The Creator of the San Fernando Valley". In comparison, about 11,000 Eichler homes were built. The Tech-Bilt Houses (1961) in La Jolla is a smaller tract, but all 97 have views of the ocean. He also designed the La Jolla Fashion Center (1969) and the La Costa Resort Hotel & Spa (1964) in the San Diego area.
Fickett designed a number of commercial projects, including Nebb's Restaurants (1955). I wonder where all those Pacific Iron chairs went?
Krause House (1959) in Bel Air/Sherwood Park is an example of a Fickett custom home. Apparently, he designed this great hanging lamp as well.
Alexander House (1951) in Palm Springs was designed for friend and colleague, George Ale…
Meadowlark Park (1949) in Northridge is one of the master planned modernish ranch tracts designed by Fickett. It's estimated that he was responsible for 60,000 homes in his career and was dubbed "The Creator of the San Fernando Valley". In comparison, about 11,000 Eichler homes were built. The Tech-Bilt Houses (1961) in La Jolla is a smaller tract, but all 97 have views of the ocean. He also designed the La Jolla Fashion Center (1969) and the La Costa Resort Hotel & Spa (1964) in the San Diego area.
Fickett designed a number of commercial projects, including Nebb's Restaurants (1955). I wonder where all those Pacific Iron chairs went?
Krause House (1959) in Bel Air/Sherwood Park is an example of a Fickett custom home. Apparently, he designed this great hanging lamp as well.
Alexander House (1951) in Palm Springs was designed for friend and colleague, George Ale…
LAMA / May 2014
LAMA preview for the May 18th Auction
Harry Bertoia Sonambient sculpture hanging out with a few works by John Altoon
Custom designed Billy Haines furniture from a Samuel Marx-designed residence in the Holmbly Hills area of Los Angeles. I bet the fancy pants crowd is salivating over this stuff.
Easy to say for a guy who had lots of money and taste.
Henry P. Glass file cabinet and Alexander Girard ottoman-with original fabric!
Dan Johnson desk for Hayden Hall, in nice original condition with lots of patina and Eames
VKG
Eames Sofa Compact with Girard fabric and some 670/671s
Johnson, Knoll, Grossman and Baughman
The crafty corner with a lot of Nakashima and Maloof.
The craft continues: Maloof, Tuttle, Ackerman, Nakashima and a monster Michael Arntz mountain pot.
John Smith
This Dominic Di Mare weaving is one of my favorite things in the sale. It comes from the estate of Edurah Moore.
Harry Bertoia Sonambient sculpture hanging out with a few works by John Altoon
Custom designed Billy Haines furniture from a Samuel Marx-designed residence in the Holmbly Hills area of Los Angeles. I bet the fancy pants crowd is salivating over this stuff.
Easy to say for a guy who had lots of money and taste.
Henry P. Glass file cabinet and Alexander Girard ottoman-with original fabric!
Dan Johnson desk for Hayden Hall, in nice original condition with lots of patina and Eames
VKG
Eames Sofa Compact with Girard fabric and some 670/671s
Johnson, Knoll, Grossman and Baughman
The crafty corner with a lot of Nakashima and Maloof.
The craft continues: Maloof, Tuttle, Ackerman, Nakashima and a monster Michael Arntz mountain pot.
John Smith
This Dominic Di Mare weaving is one of my favorite things in the sale. It comes from the estate of Edurah Moore.