Esoteric Survey

 Arthur Umanoff for Shaver-Howard, with original paint.  Cream and tangerine Dora De Larios wall sculpture from the mid-1960s. Isabel Parks Signed by Edward Killingsworth

A friend was visiting from Mexico so I took him to see some good old fashioned California modern architecture.  First stop was Case Study House 23A in La Jolla by Edward Killingsworth.   The foggy morning was a good look. Bayfront Youth and Family Services by Edward Killingsworth, 1959 Killingsworth, Brady & Smith Office, 1957 Kelly Sutherlin McLeod , the architecture firm that now occupies the building, just finished some restoration work. It looks like they did a great job.

Photograph of Edward Killingsworth's Triad House by Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Keith York at  Modern San Diego  has two exhibitions coming up...  Julius Shulman: Modern La Jolla Opening reception will be on Friday, September 27, 2019 5-7 p.m. at  Wisteria Cottage  780 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037. Thereafter the exhibition will be on view between September 28, 2019 - January 19, 2020.   Recognized for his work in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, it is not widely known that between 1934 and 2007, architectural photographer Julius Shulman (1910 - 2009) shot over 200 projects in San Diego.  His clients were architects, publishers, construction companies, and developers, and included notable San Diego architects Lloyd Ruocco, Sim Bruce Richards, Henry Hester, and Frederick Liebhardt. Shulman's work, spanning several decades, documented the region's evolving 20th century architectural...

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)

Frank Bros.: The Store that Modernized Modern, at the   University Art Museum at CSULB  Curated by Cara Mullio and Jennifer M. Volland. The exhibition sources the Frank Brothers archives at the Getty Research Institute and the Frank family collection. Photo: Julius Shulman,  Frank Bros.: The Store that Modernized Modern Unlike the Eames, the Frank Bros. were actually brothers. Maurice and Edward Frank joined forces to continue on with the family's furniture business. They opened Frank Bros in Long Beach in 1938. It was first located in downtown, and then relocated to Long Beach Boulevard, where it remained until 1982. It was one of the great retail entities bringing modern to the masses in post-war America.  A wall of the store's Arts & Architecture magazine ads. I didn't see this one in the exhibition, but with Maurice Martine, Eero Saarinen and Jens Risom,  it's one of my favorites. Source: Arts & Architecture Fr...