Esoteric Survey

Cranbrook Academy of Art Library and Museum (1942) by Eliel Saarinen These are hallowed grounds in terms of design. Harry Weese, Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Benjamin Baldwin, Ralph Rapson, Kevin Roche, Edmund Bacon and Eero Saarinen all went to Cranbrook. Charles Eames (behind camera), Eero Saarinen to the left of Eliel Saarinen (center with hat) on the site during construction. Source: Cranbrook Eliel designed some great doors Harry Bertoia There was a great Bertoia print and jewelry exhibition in the museum, but they didn't allow photography. Bertoia and Eero Saarinen hanging out with Sol LeWitt (walls) Pipsan Saarinen Swanson for Ficks Reed Steve Frykholm posters for Herman Miller  

I still get excited when I find Nelson bubbles lamps A Bertoia kid's chair and Knoll letter tray. #alwaysbeknolling Smalls   More iron

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...

Climate Change: Midcentury Modern La Jolla was curated by Dave Hampton. It explores 1950s and 1960s La Jolla modern architecture, objects, furnishings and art that were exhibited in the community’s museums and galleries, offered locally in retail outlets, or created by local residents. Ethel Greene,  Evening in Madrid  and Charles Luedtke,  Centurian Malcolm Leland, Ellmarie and Jackson Woolley, Lemeuian Crafts, John Dirks, Barney Reid and James Parker  Sculpture by Toza Radakovich, Untitled and a 1960 painting by John Baldessari, Torrey Pines Maurice Martine chair, Gilbert Watrous lamp, and a Malcolm Leland light fixture on the back wall  La Jolla School of Arts / Art Center Harry Bertoia chair for Knoll and Guy Williams painting in the back.  Bob Matheny, Typograph (from Thoreau) and a construction by Russell Baldwin The Matheny print above was made and exhibited in 1965 at the Nexus...

The simple wood dowel has been part of some great design. The ergonomic dowel Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen prototype, c.1938 Source: Eerro Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman -- A great book if you don't have it. The prototype dowel Harry Bertoia, c.1940 Source: Wright The dowel chair Maurice Martine The dowel legs Eames for Herman Miller The dowel table Katavalos, Littel, and Kelley for Laverne Source:  Laverne Furniture, Textiles & Wallcoverings   The dowel bench Stanley Young for Glenn of California Source:  Modern Furnishings for the Home The dowel shelf Greta Grossman Source:  LAMA The craftsman dowel George Nakashima, 1978 Source: Phillips