Esoteric Survey

   The William H. and Barbara Kaiser Levit House (1961) by Richard Neutra is the setting for the fourth BLAKEHAUS, curated by Peter Blake Gallery.  As described by the gallery, BLAKEHAUS BEVERLY HILLS is a site-specific installation traversing the disciplines of art, design, and architecture, bringing historically significant modern design and museum-quality contemporary art into dialogue with Neutra's geometric architectural sensibilities. Willy Guhl Scarpa, Angelo Mangiarotti and Pierre Laporte A classic Neutra fireplace KEM Weber Percival Lafer Ettore Sottsass and Carlo Mollino Sculpture by  Stephanie Bachiero The site is pretty incredible. The wildfires in LA were still burning when I was there so the view that day was eerily smokey. However, on a clear day, the San Gabriel mountains can be seen on one side, the skyline of downtown LA on another side and the Pacific Ocean can be seen from the poolside of the house. I remembered the name William Levitt a...

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.

A monumental Sheila Hicks fiber sculpture at the preview for the May 22nd  LAMA   sale. It appears they also have some Walter Lamb furniture KEM Weber desk and side table designed for the Disney studios in 1938. KEM Weber music cabinet designed for the Disney studios in 1938. This was the KEM Weber set up at Disney, complete with an "Airline" chair on the right  Source: Walt Disney Archives Three paintings by Oskar Fischinger Coincidentally, Oskar worked as motion picture cartoon effects animator at Disney right around the same time KEM Weber designed the new offices. Theoretically, he could have been using a Weber desk when he was working on Fantasia. Fischinger at work at the Disney studio in 1939. He hated it. More on that, here . Source:  Elfriede Fischinger  via Michael Sporn Animation   Salvador Dali was around the Disney studio too. There is an "Airline" chair in the corner. Sour...