Esoteric Survey

A Rudolph M. Schindler painted douglas fir and frosted glass floor lamp from the Wolfe House, which was demolished in 2002. 
It's part of the Bonhams: 20th Century Decorative Arts and Designauction.


Wolfe House
Source: Schindler by David Gebhard


Ethel Wolfe in her living room Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard
Charles Wolfe
Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard

The demise of the Wolfe house was a long and sad saga. David Leclerc recounts his experience with the house from 1996 to 2001, here.. The house was condemned by that time and was being used by squatters and such. The custom Schindler furniture was piled up in front of the house.  According to the description in the Bonhams catalog, the lamp was acquired from the Wolfe House (basically a dumpster dive).Ultimately, someone bought the house and scraped the land to built a piece of junk that can be seen here. Photo: LA Forum




The person who consigned all the Schindler lots lived in the Walker Hous…

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.

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

Allied Craftsmen Today at the Mingei The Allied Craftsmen of San Diego have been around in one form or other since the 1940s. This exhibition is sort of an  update to the Mingei's 2011 San Diego's Craft Revolution, which was curated by Dave Hampton. Beginning with  work by a group of artists who were also in Craft Revolution, the exhibit also includes contemporary members of  The Allied Craftsmen. All the work has been created within the last two years.  
Joe Nyiri
Erik Gronborg
Ron Carlson
Kathy Miller 

Soil and clay over rebar, Jennifer Anderson

Josh Herman
Managerie, from the Mingei's permanent collection



The bird on the right is a Shoji Hamada water dropper

Nakashima