Esoteric Survey

LAMA preview for the May 17th Auction RM Schindler, Jean Prouve and Le Corbusier with Charlotte Perriand
Early Eames three leg table and the other side of the Corbusier with Charlotte Perriand room divider
LAMA always keeps it real with some good Eames lots.
Max Gottschalk sofa
 Custom Gerald McCabe desk and bench
Claire Falkenstein
Great clay. I'll take it all.
June Harwood and Karl Benjamin = hardedge
Oh, and then there's this 1976 Alexander Calder mobile. I bet it hits a million.

Remember the Bethlehem Baptist Church (1944) by R.M. Schindler?
Source: Schindler Church
It's for sale through Crosby Doe
Source: Schindler Church
If you have $1.8 million and need a church, this is your chance.
Source: Schindler Church
The Church of Modern Architecture has a nice ring to it. Come pray to Saint Esther McCoy!
Source: Schindler Church

Buck House (1934) by Rudolph Schindler


There was a Claire Falkenstein sculpture/fountain at the house in 1979. It must have been installed sometime after 1960.
Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
It's not there now.
There's another one over the fireplace, 1979.
Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
There's a couple more Falkenstein sculptures and a Voulkos. 1979
Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
Eames and more power art, 1979   Where did it all go?
Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute

1937 Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute

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…

Heath Creative Studio
R.M. Schindler Lovell Beach House
R.M. Schindler Bubeshko Apartments
Craftsman Soleri
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Elliot House by R.M. Schindler (1930) Part of a tour conducted by the MAK Center
At this point the house exterior is totally obscured by trees, so here is a 1980 Shulman photo. Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
During construction Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard
Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard


 This 1980 Julius Shulman photo was commissioned by realtor and architecture preservationist Bob Crane.  Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
This is what it looked like in 1980 Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
You'll notice this detail was gone (or covered up) in 1980.  Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard
Now it's back, including the desk. Why anyone would have removed it is beyond me.  The house was restored by Marmol Radziner. More on that, here.