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Tackett / Thursday

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Tackett cameo at the Stahl house by Pierre Koenig Photo: Julius Shulman

Tackett / Thursday

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La Gardo Tackett totem at the home of Max Lawrence, the owner of Architectural Pottery. Photo: Julius Shulman

Weekend / Stuff

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David Cressey
VKG and a big clock

Taliesen / San Diego

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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…

Weekend / Stuff

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La Gardo Tackett and Van Keppel Green 
Rocker by Hans Mitzlaff & Albrecht Lange. Made in the USSR
Smalls David Stewart pots and iron
Alvin Lustig cover forNew Directions : New Classics 9 -- The Great Gatsby, by F Scott Fitzgerald It's rare to be able to complete a collection. Now what? 
Japanese Postmodern clock by Syohei Mihara

VKG / Babes

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Babes on Van Keppel Green - 1947
Complete with an issue of Arts & Architecture from August 1944. Cover by Ray Eames. The magazine is a bit old considering the photo shoot was in 1947






LAMA / May 2014

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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.