Just got back from the modern show and it was great
The high light was the meeting of Julis Shulman
97 years old, He has a wonderful new book out on the homes he photographed in Palm Springs, and had a signing party the first night of the show,
Great Great!
The other things were great furniture seems like Milo Baughman was again most popular , cause i saw his stuff at every booth ( must be a lot out there,)
Lots of other great furniture, very little Eames, several Nelson pieces, like sofas you do not see,
The world is looking for lucite, as most every booth had tons of lucite and lots of lamps, and chrome balls, I own both so i was right at home,
It was also a very colorful crowd,seemed everyone was enjoying them selfs, I did,
i was able to buy two cool Nelson Howard miller clocks both from the 70s blond wood and heavy very different from what i have seen on ebay,
great show!
Hey LRF,
I just got back myself, only there two nights and missed the opening gala fri. W/ Shulman..Darn traffic from Orange County took 3hrs to get there.
Spent a good part of Saturday though walking and talking too dealers at the show. Your right there was a lot of Baughman, Parzinger, Springer, Mont, Haines...chrome, lucite, gold, gilt, etc..all that I would classify as "Hollywood Regency". My personal taste is more mid century California modern and Danish modern, and although their where some nice pieces, not as much as I would have thought. My main objective was just too get a good taste of the show from a dealer stand point and consider doing the Las Vegas show in Oct. The cost of booth detered me from jumping in this time. A small 8' x 10' booth was $1450-. I am sure the larger booths where double that or more!
Anyways some great people watching, super weather and met some nice people. Might go back this weekend for catch the Julius Shulman exhibition and lecture.
i would go see Shulman ...
i would go see Shulman what a real Icon to think that old man knew every one who ever did any thing great in the modern world,
I had to get back to the freezing rain in Oklahoma , I could not take another beautiful day in Palm Springs and guys wearing shorts in February what nice mountains and weather. I was there just Friday night for the show and Party i wonder if those Vendors did good, I got a great Lucite lamp, and two unusual Nelson clocks, so I was a happy camper, we took my wife to the fabulous Discount outlet 20 minutes from Palm Springs were very serious damage takes place, at Tods,DolceGabbona,Faragommo,Gucci, Barneys,Saks, Ralph Lauren, just to name of few , so she had no complaints about
the trip and was even happy about me getting the clocks, go fiqure,
Azure, there seems to be some
of the most interesting California designs that seemed to be especially popular only in California. Possibily it might've been distribution issues, but I do believe that there's a regional Modern style that didn't translate out east.
Remember, back then, Knoll was in New York and Herman Miller, although based in Michigan, always had a strong presence in New York, and remember too, most of the magazine and other trade publications were in New York. Other furniture makers like Winchedon, Directional, Dunbar and Whiticomb were aggressive in placing ads in Interiors and other publiciations.
I think alot of the California designs got a bit looked over, and I don't think there was much written at the time about the California style as a separate entity.
Look at the Greta Grossman stuff for Glenn of California. Or even the more kitchy Witco collection. How well distributed were they? Did they get the publicity that Eames or Nelson or McCobb got? Probably not.
Here's another book that I'd love to get my hands on...a comprehensive book on West Coast makers of furniture and other furnishings. That would be so cool to see created, but don't expect Schiffer to tackle that one.
Barry is correct on this ...
Barry is correct on this issue
It started in California and to this day is main stay out west, a lot of the things from the late 60s early 70s that we call decorator decorator are really Hollywood regency and they still get a big kick out west with this look,
I did see a lot of settees that had that look , and the owners immediately want you to know that it is Hollywood Regency,
The 50s look with Greta Grossman and all the studio
makers,of painting, pottery, wrought iron, whimsical stuff
did not get the exposure during that period.
As people began to travel out west from the Northeast,Midwest, they saw all the unusual items, and shipped them back to their homes.
It would make a great book the California Studios of the
50s and 60s
california design
Hey LRF, did you happen to stop by the LAMA booth...the one with the huge Calder rugs? hanging on the wall. anyways, Peter the owner of Los Angeles Modern Auctions had a first ever auction entirely dedicated to California art, design and craft. The past auction catalogs where available for purchase or you can get one online.
"the world is looking for Lucite"
Did you see any Team Guzzini Lucite Animals such as:
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/3418074
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