Esoteric Survey

George Nelson bubble and Nathan Lerner Chair (1947)
Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide (1975) and Alvin Lustig 
Russell Woodard Sculptura rocker
Ball-B-Q (Canadian Design- That's right Canada)  and Barwa 
Good thing I bought that new old stock Barwa cover a few months back.
Smalls
Rose Cabat in a sweet Granny Smith 🍏 glaze.

LAMA Preview for the May 21 Art and Design auction
Here we have a Van Keppel Green table and a KEM Weber Airline chair for Disney
Claire Falkenstein ceramic sculpture from 1939
Ken Price cup
Ken Price cup on paper
Greta Grossman
Monster Beato mural above a monster Nakashima cabinet
Nice tie in with the Natzler pieces below their former student's work. 


George Nelson Catenary Group. A set like this doesn't show up very often. 
Emerson  Woelffer and Jerome Kirk
Richard Allen Morris
Alvin Lustig chair for Paramount Furniture. They were made to order and about 50 were produced. This should be interesting.

Jack Boyd
Japan
Mosaic mural by Genaro Álvarez
Greta Grossman
Alexander Girard and George Nelson/Irving Harper

Kurt Versen lamp and an extremely long and early George Nelson Bench.
 Fiber

While a lot of people were gearing up to watch America's race to the bottom (AKA the presidential debate), a ton of great art and design was up for sale at LAMA. Wall of Gordon Onslow Ford
Helen Frankenthaler
George Nakashima
DeWain Valentine
R.M. Schindler chairs designed these chairs for Sardi's Restaurant in 1933. The chars were manufactured by the Warren McArthur Corporation. The restaurant was demolished by a fire in 1936. These are rare! George Rickey
Oskar Fischinger is so underrated.
Classic hard edge modern
Model no. T-3-C Heifetz Manufacturing Co. by James Harcey Crate This one came out of The Bailey House (Case Study House 20A) by Richard Neutra. See more on The Bailey House here. 
Eames Colouring Toy. I wonder why some of them use the British spelling? Mine doesn't have the "u". Anyway, it was a gift from Ray Eames to Dale Bailey, who I assume lived in Case Study House 20A. It's next door to the Eames House. The one I own was a gift from Marylin Neuhart to th…

VKG chairs, 40s terracotta sculpture and macrame   
Iron and Isamu Kenmochi
Clay and a Sori Yanagi sake glass

George Nelson/Irving Harper fire starter and Japanese iron

The Visionease by General Lighting Company 
Arts & Architecture (1949)
Louis Danziger designed this ad, which ran in Arts and Architecture in 1949.  The Marv Rand photo was taken in Case Study House 8 (The Eames House), while it was under construction. 
Merit specified for the Case Study House Program 
J.R. Davidson House (1950) Source: Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute


Ladislav Sutnar design for General Lighting CompanySource: MoMa

Although we know some great designers worked on the graphics for General Lighting, many of the lamp designs are just credited to the General Lighting Company, with no specific designer named. That's often the case when in-house designers are used.
One of those in-house designers was the company's president, Harry Handler (I bet that name was rough in junior high). 
He designed several versions of this gooseneck lamp for his company. 
There is a notable exception with this sconce design by George Nelson in 1947.
Source: Reform G…