Esoteric Survey

Vase, lamp and a Dora De Larios owl
Stool by Olof Kettunen for Merivaara, Finland
Another Martin Perfit for Rene Brancusi table
Mighty Oak
And my favorite thing for the weekend is this.

Maurice Martiné (1918-2006) spent over five decades designing in Laguna Beach, Ca. His award-winning furniture designs from the 1940s and 50s received international notoriety. He was hired by top architects, such as A Quincy Jones and William Cody– yet he is relatively unknown and examples of his work are extremely scarce.  This exhibition presents the greatest number of designs by Martiné ever assembled-all sourced from private collections.

Exhibition Opening:
Saturday, April 21st 6-9pm
Archive 20th Century
884 W 18th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Dora De Larios sculpture from the late 1950s
Earthgender
Pots
A nice gift from Boomerang!

Bananas Malcolm Leland pot
Who?

The 2018 Palm Springs Modernism show
Archive 20th Century It's always great to see an Eames ESU 4 stacker.

Red Modern

Allen Ditson and some Scandi stuff. I guess Finn Juhl is cool.
Funkis had a great booth, as usual. Ken almost sold out.
Sputnik Modern
This was one of my favorite things at the show. 
Ruth Duckworth, in bronze
Reform Gallery
The J.B. Blunk corner at Reform
Bernard Rosenthal plaque 
Converso
It was Converso's 15th year of doing the show. He showed some great classics.
20C Design from Texas
Their fiber game was strong.
They also had this Bonniers iron bowl by Isamu Noguchi (probably)

La Gardo Tackett cookie jar. It's a hard one to find.
Barbara Willis cup
Barbara Willis pitcher
Japanese puzzles. The one in front is designed by Sori Yanagi

La Gardo Tackett, lamp, iron, and Walter Lamb
Three legged chair
Ephemera

The Palm Springs Modernism Show is this weekend. I'll be out there with Objects USA again.
 Every time I go to Palm Springs I think about the loss of The Palm Springs Spa and Resort designed by Wexler, Harrison, and Cody.
On a far lesser level, I think about some of the things I sold at Modernism that I wish I had back. 
Photo: Julius Shulman / Getty Archives
Like that Harry Weese coffee table I sold in 2016.
In 2016, I also let this Pipsan Saarinen Swanson chaise and table go.
 In 2012 it was this Dorothy Schindele desk for Modern Color Inc. It would also be nice to have that  Malcolm Leland fireplace back.