Esoteric Survey

My pile from Downtown Modernism. A very good Soleri bell Tackett Koyo Sangyo, 1980 Tom McMillin and Dean Santner Knoll Laverne Originals Books and bookends Eames from the weekend before.

Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape Curated by Jo Lauria, at AMOCA Jo, Dan Chavkin, Jeffrey Head, Gary Wexler and the AMOCA team put together a wonderful exhibition. Displaying this many pots is not an easy undertaking. The wall graphics and photos are great as well. It all started with La Gardo Tackett in 1949.  Tackett assigned his students at the California School of Art to create forms for modern homes. They held an exhibition of their work at a Evans & Reeves nursery, where Max and Rita (pictured with Tackett above) Lawrence saw the work. In 1950, the Lawrences partnered with two of the students, John Follis and Rex Goode, on a company they named Architectural Pottery.   LaGardo Tackett with a group of his designed Totems; Photo: George Szanik, 1957 Courtesy of Monacelli Press from the accompanying book, Architectural Pottery Ceramics for a Modern Landscape.   by Daniel Chavkin, Jeffrey Head, and Jo Lauria From the collection of JF C...

 Earthgender, Robert Maxwell, La Gardo Tackett, Paul McCobb, Soleri Felmore fire tools (first time seeing outside of a period ad) and Victor Bisharat plant stand

  Isamu Kenmochi Kathuo Mathumura for Yamaguchi. At least that is what the label says. The designer is really  Katsuo Matsumura. Obviously a letter was switched in translation. I had a set of tables before with the same incorrect label.  Eames ESU, another second series. Van Keppel Green Stools: Isamu Kenmochi and iron and leather Sori Yanagi pitcher and George Nelson (Irving Harper) Boltabest tray   Japanese iron and La Gardo Tackett  A California trio of Tony Hill, Elizabeth Madley, and Bob Stocksdale Kurt Versen and Gerald Thurston Early Soleri bell It was a good weekend!!