Esoteric Survey

  Weed Pot by Susan Peterson Poster designed by Elaine Lustig Chen for her 1973 exhibition at John Bernard Myers Gallery, New York, NY Here is a photo of the exhibition. Source: Elaine Lustig Cohen Vintage poster for a Tokyo Chocolate Shop

   The William H. and Barbara Kaiser Levit House (1961) by Richard Neutra is the setting for the fourth BLAKEHAUS, curated by Peter Blake Gallery.  As described by the gallery, BLAKEHAUS BEVERLY HILLS is a site-specific installation traversing the disciplines of art, design, and architecture, bringing historically significant modern design and museum-quality contemporary art into dialogue with Neutra's geometric architectural sensibilities. Willy Guhl Scarpa, Angelo Mangiarotti and Pierre Laporte A classic Neutra fireplace KEM Weber Percival Lafer Ettore Sottsass and Carlo Mollino Sculpture by  Stephanie Bachiero The site is pretty incredible. The wildfires in LA were still burning when I was there so the view that day was eerily smokey. However, on a clear day, the San Gabriel mountains can be seen on one side, the skyline of downtown LA on another side and the Pacific Ocean can be seen from the poolside of the house. I remembered the name William Levitt a...

  Sculpture sold through Peter Pepper Products Ernie Kim Dansk Forms & Surfaces / Panelcarve and Alexander Girard

Sam H. Bell Beach House & Tramway (1955-65) by Dale Naegle. It's also known as the La Jolla Mushroom House. I've done a few posts on the house over the years. In fact, this photo was taken a decade ago. It was built on Blacks Beach in La Jolla, California, as the guest house of the Samuel Heffelfinger Bell  summer residence. Despite rumors that this was Sam L. Bell of Bell's Potato Chip fame, it was actually commissioned for Samuel Heffelfinger Bell, with no relation to the chip tycoon.   According to his youngest daughter, Sam H. was the youngest son of James Ford Bell and Louise Heffelfinger Bell, of Minneapolis MN. James Ford Bell did found General Mills but it was never a family business (despite my grandfather and my uncle working for General Mills) so my father never inherited General Mills. She said her father was an artist – a sculptor – until World War II when he went into farming and then ranching in Arizona as part of the war effort and then stayed in Arizo...