Esoteric Survey

Weekend  bric-a-brac Win Ng enamel for Gumps

Maurice (Mischa) Kallis House in Studio City by R.M. Schindler (1946) The house is wrapped around a north-facing slope in Studio City. It has a broad view of the San Fernando Valley. Originally, there was a separate apartment and detached artist studio for Kallis, a painter. In the 1960s it was converted into a larger single family house. Author Susan Orlean and her investment banker/author husband John Gillespie purchased the house in 2017 and have done a lot of work to shore up the foundation and bring back many of the original elements.  They previously lived in another Schindler in Studio City, the Roth House.  The Kalliss' at their house with Schindler in 1948.  Mischa was an advertising executive for Paramount and then Universal Pictures. He was responsible for some of the most notable movie posters of that time period.  As an aside, Maurice's son was illustrator Al Kallis and he worked with Saul Bass on a number of movie posters. More on that, here .  Ima...

Italian lamp Timo Sarpaneva for Opa cookware and smalls. Eames 670/671 hang tag and Kashmir tile by Dorothy Liebes

Peter Blake Gallery from Laguna took over the Cody House by William F Cody for an exhibition they are calling BLAKEHAUS PALM SPRINGS This was  William Cody’s personal residence. He started designing the house in 1946, but it wasn't built until 1952. The construction is an interesting combination of adobe walls with a steel frame. The Cody family owned the house until it was sold to  architect Francisco Urrutia, who worked for Cody from 1969-1974.    Urrutia "updated" the house in the 1990s.  The current owners, who purchased it in  2022, are Spanish architects Paula Bueso-Inchausti and Guille Castaneda. Their Palm Desert-based firm is Nomos RED and this isn't the only Cody house they own. The plan is to return some of the original features to the house. Also, apparently only architects are allowed to own this house.  Source: Arts & Architecture  Now to the art and design installation. Peter Blake Gallery has a long history of showing Cal...