Esoteric Survey

Model by Sim Bruce Richards Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy in San Diego: the Taliesin Architects at the La Jolla Historical Society frames the remarkably rich portfolio of work with architectural drawings and models; period and contemporary photographs; as well as objects and ephemera.
Furniture by Sim Bruce Richards


Sim Bruce Richards children's table and sofa.
Tile prototypes by Sim Bruce Richards and Rhoda Lopez The table was designed with a "milk-retaining edge".
Jane Chapman pillows

Loch Crane rendering for Crane II in Point Loma
The Onion House by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg and Bill Slatton in Kona, Hawaii (1961–62)
Vincent Bonini, Bonini House (La Cañada, CA), 1955 Vincent was fiends with Eugene Weston, who lent him furniture for this Julian Shulman photo shoot--hence the Weston table. He would later join the firm of Liebhardt & Weston in San Diego. More information can be found at Modern San Diego.© J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) 

Vincen…

Cabinet by Maurice Martine
Other stuff

Maurice Martine
With photos and pegboard
Paul Mayen
Smalls

Maurice Martine
The trio is now complete.  More info here

Tackett Fish
It got a little pop-ish this weekend. Paul Mayen, Jo Hammerborg, and clock by George J. Sowden and Nathalie Du Pasquie

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 Gallery. The gallery/bookstore, owned by Laurence McGilvery, was located in the Wisteria Cottage-- the very pla…

Designed and Produced by Maurice Martine



Weston, Byles & Rudolph, Roberts House (1953), Malibu, CA There's a lot of good stuff in this house: Paul Tuttle for Modern Color, VKG, Kurt Versen, George Nelson, and Martine. It's hard to see, but there's also a Stan Hawk bowl on the table, under the Versen lamp.   Source: Julius Shulman
Source: Julius Shulman
Source: Julius Shulman

Risom, Tackett, and Tuttle
VKG
Malcolm Leland prototype bird shelter
Eames Tray/Ephemera
Maurice Martine - that's all you get to see for now.