Esoteric Survey

Angelo Testa textile for IBM and Eames Computer House of Cards. Part of  Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982 at LACMA .  The exhibition looks at the interaction of art/design and computer technology.  This is pretty high up on my want list. It's hard to talk about design and computers and not include Paul Rand. In the last 1960's Frederick Hammersley used an IBM mainframe at the University of New Mexico  to do a number of computer works.    Donald Judd Hans Haacke, News, 1969/2008 - continually prints the news of the day.   This Lillian Schwartz piece is on loan from The Henry Ford Museum. My buddy  Kristen Gallerneaux, The Henry Ford's curator of communications and information technology, helped bring the Schwartz estate to the Henry Ford.  Speaking of Kristen, here she in front of a Tanya Aguiniga piece recently acquired by LACMA. I was at the border during the making of it. Mostly for the party. More about that, h...

In October of 1992 LAMA had their first auction.  So on this, their 25th anniversary auction, it looks like they are offering up a little more of the modern classics than usual, including a lot of Eames!    It's safe to say that the Eames are a sentimental favorite for most modern dealers.  In the whole scheme of things it doesn't sell for all that much, but it truly is some of the greatest American Design. I love that LAMA keeps putting it in their sales.   The pair of 421 N  ESUs will most likely be the exception to the Eames not selling for a lot rule. These examples are as good as it gets. They are being sold individually, but it would be a shame if the same person doesn't buy both. Whatever they sell for, it will be a great deal because they should be worth double.  Now stuffed animal chairs on the other hand.... Funny things is the Campana Brothers chairs on the left are estimated at the exact same price as the ESUs above....

LACMA  has a small but mighty Four Abstract Classicists exhibition up.  All the paintings are part of their permanent collection. This John McLaughlin might be my favorite painting ever. Karl Benjamin,  John McLaughlin and  Frederick Hammersley Frederick Hammersley,  Lorser Feitelson and  Frederick Hammersley x 2 John McLaughlin,  Lorser Feitelson and Karl Benjamin A super sweet Frederick Hammersley Four Abstract Classicists catalog (1959) John McLaughlin (1898-1976) Karl Benjamin (1925-2012) Lorser Feitelson  ( 1898-1978 ) Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Big deal modern gallery--Miro, Nuguchi...  Erich Dieckmann chair (Germany, 1930s) This is proof that I look at non-California pieces that were made before the 1940s.  Donald Judd  Judd, with barf.  I guess some people react differently to art.   Peter Voulkos ...