Esoteric Survey

Ken Erwin opened his FUNKIS pop up shop at the Galleria in Palm Springs. Ken always has the good stuff.
Hans Wegner Flag Line chair.  This is my favorite Danish chair,  though I like the version with the green pillow a little better. 
Theodore Waddell lamp by Zonatta. If I ever had a power desk, I'd get this to go on it.  Funkis will be open until the end of the month. 
Huge Tackett studio ceramic at Bon Vivant.

This is what I came home with.
Stan Bitters ashtray from his 1979 Frenso Art Museum show. 
 Jere Osgood clock
 Paul Rand abacus pillow for my Lustig chair. The back is hand knitted. The girl who made the pillow  did a great job, though she wouldn't give up the rest of that vintage Rand fabric she said she has! Update: She came through with the fabric!
 Adios Palm Springs

Usually a Palm Springs Art Fair means Shag cartoons and neon palm trees.  The Palm Springs Fine Art Fair was far from that. The first two paintings hung in the hallway entrance were this Gene Davis and the Thomas Downing below. Major stuff.

A really good and big Helen Frankenthaler
These Milton Avery paintings were in the same booth as the Frankenthaler. They had a bunch of great stuff. If the gallery owner sold all the paintings in that booth, they could probably walked over to the  Modernism show next door and bought half the show.
Ed Ruscha, "Las Palmas" belt on board. The story I heard is that Ruscha made this for a girlfriend and when she kicked him out of her house,  she sent him packing with the belt too. Now it's a $200k belt. 


Super realistic and creepy life size ballerina sculpture. 
Really creepy!
DeWain Valentine

Billy Al Bengston
More Billy Al Bengston

Billy Al Bengston in the flesh.
Cheech was there too

Pierson had this George Kasparian lounge chair with original fabric. I blew it and took too long to decide on this one and someone snapped it up. Good eye whoever you are. Sold
Design Line Honeycomb shelving by Bill Curry from Reform Sold
20th Obsession men's display. Barney Reid wallets!
Edward Cella had a great display ofA. Quicny Jones presentation boards. They came out of the Jones barn/office. Michael Boyd's new line of chairs were in the booth as well. That string chair is insane.
One of the A. Quicny Jones presentation boards.
Buckminster Fuller set from Dharam Damama The set came with a Tiffany & Co box addressed to Bucky himself.
Kinetic wood sculture, also from Dharam Damama
Kirk O'Day cabinet from Sputnik. As seen in California Design 76. Sputnik had a great booth and had the red sold tags to prove it.  Sold
Malcolm Leland Thermic Fireplace from Objects USA Sold
Dorothy Schindele Desk for Modern Color from Objects USA I wish I had room to keep this one.  Sold

It's that time of year again.
Objects USA Malcolm Leland, Dorothy Schindele, Luther Conover and a bunch rad art by  people you haven't heard of but are kind of a big deal.  
The Reform McCobb booth For the iron addicts, the Paul McCobb Pavilion Collection. Gerard is pulling out the good stuff from his McCobb stash.
The Reform California booth. Design Line, Raul Coronel, Gerald McCabe, Milo Baughman, Paul Tuttle, John Altoon and Billy Al Bengston  The Altoon and Bengston both have Ferus tags.
Fat Chance always has a big name slick booth. Paul Evans as far as the eye can see. 
20th Obsession - Always a hit with the ladies
 It seems like it rains during Palm Springs Modernism every other year. Not in 2012

This model popped up on ebay for a minute and went away before the auction ended.   As the his ebay name, and description state – "Mr. Haney Can Sell Anything". The model is by Ernest Towers, who apparently designed kitchens, and cool models.  It came with original drawings and a booklet about Towers kitchen designs.  Good job to whoever ended up with it.