Esoteric Survey

Objects USA booth at the 2014 Palm Springs Modernism show. Craft geeks.
Reform Gallery Gerard, once again, went all out and had an amazing display of California craft.
Jack Rogers Hopkins
Studio 111 Limboman likes to mix up classic hard-edge modern with some out there wackiness. The big round fur sofa was a hit with the ladies.   
Fat Chance This is where the rich people shop. Jeff always has the good high end stuff... Parzinger, Dunbar...
and this kick ass Claire Falkenstein.
Lisa Cliff Collection Lisa always has awesome sculpture, including the jeweled variety.
Z Modern The classics. The Nelson MAA is a sexy chair. It looks  particularly good from behind, doesn't it? 
Archive A lot of big fancy names here.  This is the dark modern look, for the evil villain types.
Max Neufeldt assemblage...Sold
Sputnik Franco Albini desk and an insane Malcolm Leland for Architectural Pottery lantern fixture. Chris had a ton of other great stuff in his booth (like super rare Dunbar and Ico Parisi) but I was distra…

Eames sea foam green chair (dated 11/19/57), Dapper Dan, Architecture/West, Rupert Deese and Malcolm Leland.
Malcolm Leland door handle, from his former Potrero studio.
California Design 11: Dressy Betsy, Dapper Dan's counterpart. Designed by Fred Adickes.
Stack of Architecture/West - The Only Magazine Devoted Exclusively to Western Architecture

Boomerang for Modern is celebrating its 28th anniversary this year. In honor of the occasion, owner David Skelley and his partner Kurt opened up their home for a little anniversary party.  They have a collection that few can top. I have the sneaking suspicion David has been skimming off the top at Boomerang for the whole 28 years!  I could probably do a month or two of posts on all the insane design David and Kurt get to live with, but roaming around taking pictures of it all probably would have been poor party etiquette. Not to mention I didn't want to be the guy who looked like he was casing the place.Needless to say, David has been a central figure in the San Diego mid century modern scene before there was actually a scene to speak of. The guests at the party were an indication of this long history. I'm not sure how I got in with this crew but there were museum folks, owners of a Killingsworth case study house and a Neutra house, major collectors and just all around nice peo…

Parking garage designed by Tucker, Sadler, & Bennett Architects.  This is part of the Center City Concourse in Downtown San Diego. It's where Mayor Bob parks. 
Source: Arts & Architecture, June, 1965 - Photo by Julius Shulman
Malcolm Leland designed the fascia on many of the buildings in the complex.
Source: Arts & Architecture, June, 1965 - Photo by Julius Shulman
Source: Arts & Architecture, June, 1965 - Photo by Julius Shulman
Source: Arts & Architecture, June, 1965 - Photo by Julius Shulman
Source: Arts & Architecture, June, 1965 - Photo by Julius Shulman
Source: Arts & Architecture, June, 1965 - Photo by Julius Shulman

Source: Arts & Architecture, June, 1965 - Photo by Julius Shulman
Not just any issue of Arts & Architecture, this one used to belong to A Quincy Jones.
Malcolm Leland fountain in the plaza next to the garage. There are a lot less people on the plaza now than there was on this day, here. 

Malcolm Leland gates leading to the San Diego Museum of Art sculpture garden.
Is that Claire?
Accelerated Point by Claire Falkenstein


Yeah, it's legit. There's the signature. 
What's not legit is the missing George Rickey sculpture. 
This is what it used to look like. It turns out that they moved it to put in some new grass. I hope it's back soon. 
The Timken Museum of Art- The greatest piece of modern architecture in Balboa Park. Interestingly enough, it doesn't have any modern art it in.