Esoteric Survey

Jack Boyd, Herny Mittwer and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess + Michael Frimkess I've never see one with this label. Pots by Hal Fromhold and Bernard Kester

Fresno has some architectural gems. I've posted on some of the 1960s architecture in the past , but this time I stopped off at  the terminal and former control tower at The Chandler Field/Fresno Municipal Airport. It was built in 1936-1937 as part of the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration),  Project #2236 . The complex is in great condition and still operates as an airfield. On the day I was there, a 1928 Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor was on the runway. It is the first mass-produced airline and its first flight was on December 1, 1928. On this day, the EAA was giving rides.  Source: Pacific Wrecks I went aboard but my girlfriend was afraid to get airborne.  There is a really cute diner in the building, The Flight Line Cafe .

Luther Conover and Milo Baughman for Murray Stan Bitters Birdhouse Creation by Gordon Onslow Ford All good!

In 1947, Raymond Cree, a school superintendent who went into real estate development, hired Albert Frey to design a hotel on 12 acres Cree owned on East Palm Canyon Drive. The hotel never materialized, but in 1955 Frey designed Cree a 1,300-square-foot house on the hillside property. The exterior of the house is asbestos cement board that has painted vertical lines. The carport in 1957. Source:  Julius Shulman, © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Frey had a similar view from his own bed at  Frey II . The house has gone through an extensive restoration and from the looks of it, it was sensitive and well done. The ephemera table. Lots of Knoll inside and outside of the house. Source:  Julius Shulman, © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Dubbed “The Forgotten Frey,” it is actually the most visible Frey residence in ...

David Wurster lamp for Raymor, bottle and stand by Robert Hanley (as seen in the Modern Color / Pacifica ad), Valentine typewriter, and some smalls.

Objects USA , San Diego Palm Springs Modernism Show and Sale 2019 The ikebana arrangement is by  Auralynn Nguyễn Dave Hampton's wall of Concrete Poetry Our neighbors, Hunt Modern , Santa Fe They brought the power French.  The Hans Wegner bench in front is pretty rare and great. 20c Design , Dallas Archive 20th Century , Costa Mesa Hans Wegner, Paul Evans and even some David Cressey Archive 20th Century , Costa Mesa Claude Conover on Mario Botta Dharam Damama, Los Angeles Damama is the coolest Red Modern , Phoenix Vladimir Kagan, Lee Porzio and Henry P. Glass    Reform , Los Angeles Claire Falkenstein Sputnik , Dallas Tons of great material, including two Voulkos bronzes. Lisa Cliff Collection , Pasadena She also had an arrangement by Auralynn Funkis , Los Angeles Auralynn again Billings Auction , Los Angeles John Moran Auction , Monrov...