Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury
February 22 – May 17, 2009
1.
Harrison McIntosh
Footed bowl, 1954
Glazed hand-thrown stoneware
Private collection
Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Bowl, c. 1954
Glazed stoneware
Courtesy Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
James Lovera
Bowl, 1950s
Glazed stoneware
Boyd Collection
Harrison McIntosh
Vase, 1950s
Glazed hand-thrown stoneware
Private collection\
Harrison McIntosh
Bowl, 1950s
Glazed hand-thrown stoneware
Private collection
Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Bowl, 1950s
Glazed stoneware
Courtesy Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
Gertrude and Otto Natzler
Vase, 1962
Crater glazed stoneware
Collection of Al Jaffe, La Jolla, California
David Cressey
Vessel, 1960s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles, from the
Pro/Artisan collection; reduction-fired stoneware
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Chuck Jones
Beep Beep (Warner Bros.), 1951
Film clip
Ward Kimball
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Disney), 1953
Gerald McBoing Boing’s Symphony (Columbia Pictures), 1953
Fill clip, United Productions of America (UPA)
Charles and Ray Eames
Tops (From Stars of Jazz), 1957
Collection of the Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, California;
courtesy Eames Demetrios
Stars of Jazz television program, 1958
Produced by KABC Los Angeles, hosted by Bobby Troup; including
excerpts from episodes: March 3, 1958 featuring Howard Rumsey’s
Lighthouse All-Stars with June Christy; March 31, 1958 featuring the
Art Pepper Quintet; and September 1, 1958 featuring the Dave
Brubeck Quartet
Collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive; courtesy Sue
Carlton Baker
Charles and Ray Eames
Excerpt from Glimpses of the USA, 1959
Collection of the Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, California;
courtesy Eames Demetrios
Hy Hirsh
Chasse des Touches, 1959, 1959
16mm film, color, sound
Courtesy of Angelina Pike and The iotaCenter
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (CBS Television), 1959
Film Clip
North by Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Metro-GoldwynMayer), 1959
Film Clip
Playboy’s Penthouse, episode 1, October 24, 1959, 1959
©Playboy. Used with permission
Charles and Ray Eames
Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair, 1960
Collection of the Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, California;
courtesy Eames Demetrios
Hendrik Van Keppel and Taylor Green
Side chair, model no. 804, late 1930s
Manufactured by Van Keppel-Green, Los Angeles; enameled steel,
cotton cord
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Charles and Ray Eames
Child’s stool, c. 1945
Manufactured by Evans Products Company, Venice, California; red
aniline-dyed molded plywood
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
LCW chair, c. 1946
Manufactured by Evans Products Company, Venice, California for
Herman Miller Furniture Company; molded rosewood plywood,
rubber
Boyd Collection
Dan Johnson
Cabinet, 1947
Manufactured by Hayden Hall, Alhambra, California; birch veneered
wood
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Maurice Martiné
Chair, 1947
Walnut, cotton cord, aircraft grade aluminum
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Greta Magnusson-Grossman
Lamp, late 1940s
Manufactured by Ralph O. Smith Company; enameled spun
aluminum, metal
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Walter Lamb
“Bronze Line” sleigh chair, model no. C5720, late 1940s
Manufactured by Brown-Jordan Company, Pasadena, California;
bronze, nylon cord
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Walter Lamb
“Bronze Line” sleigh chair, model no. C5720, late 1940s
Manufactured by Brown-Jordan Company, Pasadena, California;
bronze, nylon cord
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Walter Lamb
“Bronze Line” beach table, model no. WT3715, late 1940s
Manufactured by Brown-Jordan Company, Pasadena, California;
bronze, wood
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Walter Lamb
“Bronze Line” ottoman, model no. C5726, late 1940s
Manufactured by Brown-Jordan Company, Pasadena, California;
bronze, nylon cord
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Charles and Ray Eames
DAR armchair with an “Eiffel Tower” base, c. 1950
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; molded
fiberglass reinforced polyester, chrome-plated steel, rubber
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
LTR stool, c. 1950
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; vinyl, zinc
Boyd Collection
11 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches
Charles and Ray Eames
Prototype dowel leg side table, c. 1950
Laminate, plywood, walnut, enameled steel
Boyd Collection
10 x 15 x 13 inches
Charles and Ray Eames
RAR rocking chair, c. 1950
Manufactured by Zenith Plastics, Gardenia, California for Herman
Miller Furniture Company; molded fiberglass reinforced polyester
shell with a rope embedded edge, birch, zinc-plated steel
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
LAR armchair wth a “cat’s cradle” bBase, c. 1950
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; molded
fiberglass reinforced polyester, zinc-plated steel, rubber
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
First series ESU (Eames Storage Unit) 110-N, c. 1950
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; birch plywood,
enameled Masonite, zinc-plated angle-steel
Boyd Collection
20-3/4 x 47 x 16-3/4 inches
Greta Magnusson-Grossman
Floor Lamp, c. 1950
Manufactured by Ralph O. Smith Company; enameled spun
aluminum, chrome-plated steel, metal
Courtesy Forward Design Group, Carlsbad, California
Donald Knorr
Chair, c. 1950
Manufactured by Knoll Associates; folded sheet steel, tubular steel
Boyd Collection
Hendrik Van Keppel and Taylor Green
Chaise lounge, model no. 682, 1951
Manufactured by Van Keppel-Green, Los Angeles; enameled steel,
vinyl
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Hendrik Van Keppel and Taylor Green
Side table, model no. 231-20RS, 1951
Manufactured by Van Keppel-Green, Los Angeles; enameled steel,
hand-woven rattan, vitrolite glass
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Charles and Ray Eames
ETR “Surf Board” coffee table, c. 1951
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; laminate,
plywood, enameled steel
Collection of Peter and Shannon Loughrey, Los Angeles
Charles and Ray Eames
PKW-2 Chair, c. 1951
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; fabric,
enameled steel, birch
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
RKR rocking chair, c. 1951
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; leather,
enameled steel, birch
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
DCM chair, c. 1951
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; molded
rosewood plywood, chrome-plated steel, rubber
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
LCM chair, c. 1951
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; molded birch
plywood, chrome-plated steel, rubber
Boyd Collection
Charles and Ray Eames
Second Series ESU (Eames Storage Unit) 100-C, c. 1952
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; birch plywood,
enameled Masonite, chrome-plated steel
Boyd Collection
Harry Bertoia
“Diamond” lounge chairs, designed 1952
Manufactured by Knoll; steel with rislan finish, and vinyl
George Nelson
“Cigar” pendant lamps, designed 1952
Plastic and steel
Courtesy Design Within Reach
George Nelson
“Saucer” pendant lamps, designed 1952
Plastic and steel
Courtesy Design Within Reach
Greta Magnusson-Grossman
"Gateleg" coffee table, c. 1954
Produced by Glenn of California, Arcadia, California; walnut, steel,
black thermoset plastic
Courtesy R 20th Century, New York
Charles and Ray Eames
Quadreflex speaker, 1956
Manufactured by Stephens Tru-Sonic, Culver City, California;
aluminum, laminated wood, laminate, fabric, and painted steel
Collection of Peter and Shannon Loughrey, Los Angeles
Eero Saarinen
“Tulip” armchairs, designed 1956
Manufactured by Knoll; Cast aluminum with rilsan finish, molded
fiberglass and vinyl
Courtesy Design Within Reach
Eero Saarinen
“Tulip” side chairs, designed 1956
Manufactured by Knoll; Cast aluminum with rilsan finish, molded
fiberglass and vinyl
Courtesy Design Within Reach
Eero Saarinen
“Tulip” side tables, designed 1956
Manufactured by Knoll; Cast aluminum with rilsan finish, MDF with
bevel-edged laminate
Courtesy Design Within Reach
John Caldwell
“Mai Tai” chaise lounge, model no. P-4081, 1957
Manufactured by Brown-Jordan Company, Pasadena, California;
enameled aluminum, vinyl lacing
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Danny Ho Fong
Stool, 1959
Manufactured by Tropi-Cal, Los Angeles; enameled steel, rattan,
fabric
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Dan Johnson
Chair, mid-1950s
Rattan, enameled steel, brass
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Verner Panton
“Panton” stacking chair, designed 1959-60
Manufactured by Vitra for Herman Miller Furniture Company,
molded plastic
Boyd Collection
Miller Fong
“Lotus” chair, 1960s
Manufactured by Tropi-cal, Los Angeles; steel, wicker
Courtesy of Fong Brothers, Los Angeles
Alvin Lustig
Beverly Hills High School commencement announcement, 1939
Print work, letter press
Collection of Elaine Lustig Cohen, New York
Alvin Lustig
Design for Alfred Young Fisher’s Ghost in the Underblows (Ward
Ritchie Press), 1940
Print work, letter press
Collection of Elaine Lustig Cohen, New York
Alvin Lustig
Design for Aldous Huxley’s Words and Their Meanings (Jake
Zeitlin), 1940
Collection of Joe Molloy, Los Angeles
Alvin Lustig
Tom Lewis invitation for the Stendahl Gallery, 1941
Print work, letter press
Collection of Elaine Lustig Cohen, New York
Arts and Architecture, September 1944, cover design by Herbert
Matter, 1944
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Herbert Matter
Arts and Architecture, September 1946, cover design by Herbert
Matter, 1946
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Herbert Matter
Arts and Architecture, September 1946, spread from Elliot Noyes’s
article “Charles Eames,” design by Herbert Matter, 1946
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Arts and Architecture, November 1946, cover design by Herbert
Matter, 1946
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Alvin Lustig
Design for Corinne Chochen’s Jewish Holiday Dances (Behrman
House), 1947
Print work, letter press
Collection of Elaine Lustig Cohen, New York
Arts and Architecture, March 1947, cover design by Ray Eames,
1947
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Arts and Architecture, November 1948, cover design by Saul Bass,
1948
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Alvin Lustig
Design for Mel Scott’s Metropolitan Los Angeles: one community
(Haynes Foundation), 1949
Collection of Joe Molloy, Los Angeles
Arts and Architecture, December 1959, cover design by John Follis,
1959
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Arts and Architecture, December 1949, cover design by John Follis,
1949
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Arts and Architecture, November 1949, featuring the work of Hans
Hoffman, 1949
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Jules Engel
Gerald McBoing Boing: Gerald and his parents in the living room,
1950
Gouache on board
Estate of Jules Engel; courtesy Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los
Angeles
Jules Engel
Gerald McBoing Boing: Gerald and his dad in the bathroom, 1950
Gouache on board
Estate of Jules Engel; courtesy Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los
Angeles
Jules Engel
Gerald McBoing Boing: Running Away, 1950
Gouache on board
Estate of Jules Engel; courtesy Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los
Angeles
Arts and Architecture, November 1950, featuring the work of Isamu
Noguchi, 1950
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Alvin Lustig
Design for A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern
California (Watling & Company), 1951
Photographs by Julius Shulman
Boyd Collection
June Christy
Something Cool (Capitol Records), 1953
Album cover
Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Chico Hamilton and Carson Smith
Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Fantasy Records), 1953
Album cover photography by William Claxton
Collection of Lee S. Reem, West Los Angeles
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars, Vol. 4: Oboe/Flute
(Contemporary Records), 1953
Album cover design by William Claxton
Collection of Lee S. Reem, West Los Angeles
Jazz West Coast: An Anthology of California Music (World Pacific
Records), 1953
Album cover design by Stuart Fox, photograph by William Claxton,
photograph solarized by Lee Friedlander
Collection of D. Lewis Mingori and Lynn Bosley Mingori, Los
Angeles
The Chet Baker Ensemble (Pacific Jazz Records), 1953
Compositions and arrangements by Jack Montrose, album cover
design by William Claxton
Collection of D. Lewis Mingori and Lynn Bosley Mingori, Los
Angeles
More West Coast Jazz with Stan Getz (Verve Records), 1953
Album cover photograph by Herman Leonard
Chet Baker Sings (Pacific Jazz Records), 1953
Album cover photograph and design by William Claxton
Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank, Vol. 2 (Pacific Jazz
Records), 1954
Album cover design by William Claxton
Collection of Lee S. Reem, West Los Angeles
Chet Baker and Strings (Columbia Records), 1954
Album cover photography by William Claxton
Collection of D. Lewis Mingori and Lynn Bosley Mingori, Los
Angeles
The Dave Pell Octet (Trend Records), 1954
Album cover design by Friedlander/Fox
Collection of D. Lewis Mingori and Lynn Bosley Mingori, Los
Angeles
Russ Freeman Trio, featuring Shelly Manne and Joe Mondragon
(Pacific Jazz Records), 1954
Album cover design and photography by William Claxton
Collection Patrick and Cyrus Jeannette
Bud Shank with Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson and Bob
Enevoldson (Crown Records), 1954
Album cover photography by William Claxton
Shorty Rogers and His Giants
The Swinging Mr. Rogers (Atlantic Records), 1955
Album cover design and photography by William Claxton
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars, Vol. 6 (Contemporary
Records), 1955
Album cover photograph by William Claxton, taken at Hermosa
Beach
Collection of Dee and Gianna Kerrison, Corona Del Mar, California
Chico Hamilton Quintet (Pacific Jazz Records), 1955
Album cover design and photography by William Claxton
West Coast Jazz, with Stan Getz and Shelly Manne (Verve
Records), 1955
Album cover design by David Stone Martin
Assorted Flavors of Pacific Jazz, A Hi-Fi Sampler (Pacific Jazz
Records), 1956
Album cover design and photography by William Claxton and Will
MacFarland
Arts and Architecture, September 1956, cover design by Charles
Kratka, 1956
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Miles Davis
Birth of the Cool (Capitol Records), 1957
Album cover photograph by Aram Avakian
Collection of Dee and Gianna Kerrison, Corona Del Mar, California
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Lee Konitz and The Chet Baker
Quintet
Mulligan and Baker! (A Jazz Tone Society selection from Pacific
Jazz Records), 1957
Album cover
Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Way Up There (Atlantic Records), 1957
Album cover design by Marvin Israel, photograph by William
Claxton
Collection of Dee and Gianna Kerrison, Corona Del Mar, California
Sonny Rollins
Way Out West (Contemporary Records), 1957
Album cover photograph by William Claxton
Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By (Contemporary Records), 1957
Album cover design and photography by William Claxton; the
bathing suits modeled are Rudi Gernreich originals
Harold Land
Harold in the Land of Jazz (Contemporary Records), 1958
Album cover design by Guidi/Tri-Arts, photograph by Walter
Zerlinden
Collection of Patrick and Cyrus Jeannette
Jazz Canto: An Anthology of Poetry and Jazz, Vol. 1 (World Pacific
Records), 1958
Album cover design by William Claxton
Arts and Architecture, September 1958, cover design by John Follis,
1958
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out (Columbia Records), 1959
Album cover
William S. Burroughs
Naked Lunch, 1959
First published by Olympia Press, France, 1959
Ray Charles
What’d I Say (Atlantic Records), 1959
Album Cover
Louis Danziger
Design for Four Abstract Classicists, 1959
Exhibition catalog, Los Angeles County Museum
Collection of Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Louis Danziger
Design for Four Abstract Classicists, 1959
Exhibition catalog, Los Angeles County Museum
Orange County Museum of Art
Miles Davis
Kind of Blue (Columbia Records), 1959
Album cover photograph by Jay Maisel
Collection of Dee and Gianna Kerrison, Corona Del Mar, California
Duke Ellington
Soundtrack for Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia Records/Legacy
Recordings), 1959
Album cover design by Saul Bass
Robert Frank
The Americans, 1959
First published by Robert Delpire, Paris, 1958 and by Grove Press,
New York, 1959, with an introduction by Jack Kerouac
Chico Hamilton Quintet
Ellington Suite (World Pacific Records), 1959
Album cover design by Milt Zolotow, original cover painting by Suèo
Sersawa
Lawrence Lipton
The Holy Barbarians, 1959
First published by Julian Messner, New York, 1959; book cover
photography and design by William Claxton
Shelly Manne and His Men at the Black Hawk, Vol. 1
(Contemporary Records), 1959
Album cover design by Guidi/Tri-Arts, photography by Fred Lyon
Collection of Patrick and Cyrus Jeannette
Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve Records), 1959
Album cover design by Sheldon Marks, photograph by Bill Rostler
Collection of Patrick and Cyrus Jeannette
Arts and Architecture, July 1959, advertisement for Architectural
Pottery, Los Angeles, 1959
Edited by John Entenza
Boyd Collection
Poster for North by Northwest (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), 1959
Poster for Gidget (Columbia Pictures), 1959
Cover of Life magazine, June 15, 1959, 1959
Cover of Life magazine, August 24, 1959, 1959
“Good Taste Is Never Extreme,” advertisement for the 1959
Plymouth Fury convertible, Life magazine, February 9, 1959, 1959
Sixteen Americans, 1959
Exhibition catalog, edited by Dorothy C. Miller
Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown
The Poll Winners: “Exploring the Scene,”, 1960
Album cover design by Guidi/Tri-Arts, cover photograph by William
Claxton
Richard Holmes and Gene Ammons
Groovin’ with Jug (Pacific Jazz Records), 1961
Album cover design and photography by Woody Woodward
Collection of Patrick and Cyrus Jeannette
Terry Gibbs Quartet
Take it From Me (Impulse Records), 1964
Album cover design by Robert Flynn/Viceroy, photograph by Frank
Guana
Ray Eames
Untitled, Black and White, early 1940's
Oil on hardboard
Collection of the Eames Office, LLC Santa Monica, California
Helen Lundeberg
A Quiet Place, 1950
Oil on canvas
Collection of Brent R. Harris
John McLaughlin
Untitled, 1952
Oil and casein on Masonite
Private collection
John McLaughlin
Untitled Composition (May), 1952
Oil and casein on Masonite
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Lorser Feitelson
Magical Space Forms, 1953
Oil on canvas
Orange County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John
McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
Untitled (July), 1953
Oil on Masonite
Collection of Joni and Monte Gordon, Los Angeles
John McLaughlin
Untitled (May), 1953
Oil on Masonite
Collection of Joni and Monte Gordon, Los Angeles
Lorser Feitelson
Magical Space Forms: Stripes, 1954
Oil on canvas
Collection of Dr. Frank Schneider, Las Vegas
John McLaughlin
Untitled Geometric Composition, 1956
Oil on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Karl Benjamin
Black Pillars, 1957
Oil on canvas
Private collection
Karl Benjamin
Small Planes: White, Blue and Pink, 1957
Oil on linen
The Buck Collection, Laguna Beach, California
Karl Benjamin
Easter, 1957
Oil on canvas
Private collection
Frederick Hammersley
Green Game Up, 1957
Oil on linen
The Buck Collection, Laguna Beach, California
Frederck Hammersley
Up Within, 1957–58
Oil on linen
Collection Pomona College, Museum of Art, Claremont, California,
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Estate of Walter and
Elise Mosher
Karl Benjamin
Red, Blue, Pink, 1958
Oil on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Karl Benjamin
I.F. (Interlocking Forms), 1958
Oil on canvas
Collection of Carol Sharer, Avon, Colorado
Frederick Hammersley
Sun Substance, 1958
Oil on canvas
The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Museum purchase,
1981, General Obligation Bond
Karl Benjamin
Interlocking Forms (Big Magenta with Green), 1959
Oil on canvas
Private collection
Lorser Feitelson
Dichotomic Organization, 1959
Oil on canvas
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan,
Marie Eccles Caine Foundation gift
Lorser Feitelson
Dichotomic Organization: Stripes, 1959
Oil on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Lorser Feitelson
Untitled Dichotomic Organization, 1959
Oil on canvas
Private collection
Frederick Hammersley
Opposing #15, 1959
Oil on linen
Collection of Jayne and Mark Murrel, Newport Beach, California
John McLaughlin
#9, 1959
Oil on canvas
Baltimore Museum of Art
Lorser Feitelson
Untitled, Magical Space Forms, 1960
Oil on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Frederick Hammersley
Either Or, 1960
Oil on linen
Collection of the artist
Frederick Hammersley
Around #10, 1960
Oil on linen
Collection of Mark and Emily Goldstein
Helen Lundeberg
Sloping Horizon, 1960
Oil on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Helen Lundeberg
Cimmerian Landscape, 1960
Oil on canvas
Collection of Brent R. Harris
John McLaughlin
#9, 1960
Oil on canvas
Private collection
Karl Benjamin
F.S. #1, 1961
Oil on canvas
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum purchase
Lorser Feitelson
Magical Space Forms, 1961
Oil on canvas
Private collection
Helen Lundeberg
Landscape: White and Orange, 1962
Oil on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Frederick Hammersley
Come, 1962–63
Oil on linen
Orange County Museum of Art, Gift of Bardene Allen
Helen Lundeberg
By the Sea II, 1963
Oil on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Helen Lundeberg
Evening View, 1964
Acrylic on canvas
Courtesy Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
John McLaughlin
#4, 1969
Oil on canvas
Orange County Museum of Art, Gift of the artist
Julius Shulman
Von Sternberg House (Richard Neutra, Northridge, California,
1935), 1947
Gelatin silver print
Private collection, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Kaufmann House (Richard Neutra, Palm Springs, 1946), 1947
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Shulman House, under construction (Raphael Soriano, Los
Angeles, 1950), 1950
Vintage gelatin silver print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Case Study #8 (Eames House) (Charles and Ray Eames, Pacific
Palisades, California, 1945-49), 1950
Chromogenic print
Private collection, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Bird and Chet, The Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, 1952
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Clifford Brown, Hollywood, 1954
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Halima and Chet Baker, Redondo Beach, 1955
Gelatin silver print, edition 24 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Gerry Mulligan Seated on Stage, San Diego, 1955
Gelatin silver print, edition 6 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Robert Frank
Bar-New York City, 1955
Gelatin silver print
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The Ralph M.
Parsons Foundation Photography Collection
William Claxton
June Christy, Hollywood, 1956
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Max Roach, Hollywood, 1956
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Art Pepper, Los Angeles, 1956
Gelatin silver print, edition 9 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Chet Baker and Crew, 1956
Gelatin silver print, from a color transparency, edition 6 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Sonny Rollins’s “Way Out West” recording session with Hampton
Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne, Rollins, and Barney Kessel,
Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles, 1956
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Miles Davis Frowns, 1957
Gelatin silver print, edition 9 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Stan Kenton Band, Balboa Beach, 1957
Gelatin silver print, edition 9 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Mobil Gas Station, Anaheim, 1957
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #20 (Bass House) (Buff, Straub and Hensman,
Altadena, California, 1958), 1958
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #21 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1958), 1958
Chromogenic print
Private collection, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #21 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1958), 1958
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
William Claxton
Dinah Washington, Hollywood, 1959
Gelatin silver print, edition 11 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Ornette Coleman, Los Angeles, 1959
Gelatin silver print, edition 7 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Skinner House (Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1955), 1959
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
William Claxton
Sonny Stitt and other guests at the Sunday jam session at Terry
Gibbs’s house, North Hollywood, 1960
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Sunday Jam Session at Terry Gibbs House, North Hollywood, 1960
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Sunday jam session at Terry Gibbs’s house, North Hollywood (Paul
Chambers, Mel Lewis, Al Porcino, Wynton Kelly and Sonny Stitt),
1960
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Case Study #23 (Killingsworth, Brady & Smith, La Jolla, California,
1960), 1960
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Chuey House (Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1956), 1960
Gelatin silver print
Private collection, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1959–60),
1960
Chromogenic print
Private collection, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1959–60),
1960
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1959–60),
1960
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1959–60),
1960
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
William Claxton
Ray Charles with Raylette, Hollywood, 1961
Gelatin silver print, edition 8 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
William Claxton
Hot Dog Stand, Los Angeles, 3 AM, 1961, 1961
Gelatin silver print, edition AP 3 of 3
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Malin Residence (Chemosphere) (John Lautner, Hollywood, 1960),
1961
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Malin Residence (Chemosphere) (John Lautner, Hollywood, 1960),
1961
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
William Claxton
Bill Evans, Hollywood, 1962
Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
“Dome” house (Bernard Judge, Los Angeles, 1960), 1962
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman
Frey Residence II (Albert Frey, Palm Springs, California, 1964),
1965
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman and Juergen Nogai
Case Study House #21 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1958), 2006
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
Julius Shulman and Juergen Nogai
Case Study House #21 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1958), 2006
Chromogenic print
Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monia
William Claxton
James Clay at a recording studio, Hollywood, n.d.
Gelatin silver print, 5 of 25Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los
Angeles
William Claxton
Jack Sheldon (Playing trumpet in white t-shirt), n.d.
Gelatin silver print, 5 of 25
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
26-7/8 x 23 x 1-1/8 inche
William Claxton
Billboard: Jazz Concert, Hermosa Beach, n.d.,
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #9 (Entenza House) (Charles Eames and Eero
Saarinen, Pacific Palisades, California, 1950), 1950
Photo reproduction on vinyl
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954
New York World Telegram & Sun Newspaper Collection; photo: Al
Ravenna. Used by permission of the Library of Congress, Prints and
Photographs Division, Washington, DC, 20540, USA, reproduction
number LC-USZ62-116657
Florence Knoll Bassett and Eero Saarinen studying the “Tulip” base,
1957
Courtesy Knoll, Inc
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #21 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1958), 1958
Photo reproduction on vinyl
Jack Kilby’s first integrated circuit, 1958
Courtesy Texas Instruments
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, 1959
Logo for Fatah (the Palestinian National Liberation Movement),
1959
Fidel Castro arrives MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C., April 15,
1959, 1959
Photograph by Warren K. Leffler. Used by permission of the Library
of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC,
20540 USA, reproduction number LC-U9-2315-6
View of the Isamu Noguchi exhibition at the Stable Gallery, New
York City, 1959
Photo by Rudolph Burckhardt. Courtesy of the Noguchi Foundation.
© 2007 Estate of Rudy Burckhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York; © 2007 The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden
Museum, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. Vice President Richard
Nixon beside a model kitchen display at the American National
Exhibition, Moscow, July 1, 1959, 1959
Howard Sochurek/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Buckminster Fuller in front of the American National Exhibition in
Moscow, 1959
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Allan Kaprow, 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (Allan Kaprow in White
Shirt), 1959
Courtesy Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los
Angeles, California (980063) Photo © Scott Hyde/Licensed by
VAGA, New York, NY
John F. Kennedy campaign, 1959
Robert W. Kelley/ Time & Life Pictures/ Getty Images
“Sheriff Deputies evict Abrana Arechiga from Chavez Ravine
home,” Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1959, 1959
Collection 1429 Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives: Box
382, Neg # 116242-G: Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA
Martin Luther King Jr. walking up to the samadhi (cremation site) of
Mahatma Gandhi, Delhi, India, 1959
©1959, Royal Studio, New Delhi
Ray and Charles Eames leaving for Moscow carrying reels of their
film Glimpses of the USA, 1959
Courtesy Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, Californi
Moscow screening of the film Glimpses of the USA, 1959
Courtesy Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, Californi
Salk Institute of Biological Research (Louis Kahn, La Jolla,
California), 1959–66
Ezra Stoller © Esto. All rights reserved.
Office of Charles and Ray Eames
Archival Photograph, 1950s
Courtesy Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, Californi
Office of Charles and Ray Eames
Archival Photograph, 1950s
Courtesy Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, California
Office of Charles and Ray Eames
Archival Photograph, 1950s
Courtesy Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, California
Office of Charles and Ray Eames
Archival Photograph, 1950s
Courtesy Eames Office LLC, Santa Monica, California
Buddy Holly, 1950s
Courtesy Photofest
William Claxton
Sunday Jam Session at Terry Gibbs House, North Hollywood, 1960
Photo Reproduction on vinyl
The Classic Dave Brubeck Quartet: Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond,
Joe Morello, and Eugene Wright, New Zeeland, 1960
Courtesy Brubeck Collection, Holt-Atherton Special Collections,
University of the Pacific Library. Copyright Dave Brubeck
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright, New York,
c. 1960
© The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York. Photograph
by Robert E. Mates
Mini Cooper, 1963
Evening Standard/Getty Images
John Whitney with analogue computer CAM system, c. 1964
Copyright © 2007 by the Estate of John and James Whitney. All
rights reserved.
The Supremes (Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross), c.
1965
Courtesy Photofest
William Claxton
Billboard: Jazz Concert, Hermosa Beach, n.d.
Photo Reproduction on Vinyl
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., n.d.
Photograph by Terry J. Adams, National Park Service
John Follis
“Bullet” planter, model no. E-31, late 1940s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
John Follis
“Sombrero” planter, model no. M-109, late 1940s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Malcolm Leland
Lantern, model no. 23L, late 1940s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
La Gardo Tackett
Planter, model no. INW-02, late 1940s
Glazed high-fired stoneware, wood stand
Courtesy of Lynne Nash, Design Utopia, Hollywood
Isamu Noguchi
Pregnant Bird, 1958
Greek marble on wood base
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York
#1 Barbie (Blonde) and #1 Barbie (Brunette), 1959
Manufactured by Mattel
Collection of Susan A. and James N. Phillips, Laguna Niguel,
California
John Follis
Planter, model no. c1818, 1950s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware
Collection of Bill Hertel
John Follis
Planter, model no. c1212, 1950s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware
Collection of Bill Hertel
Rex Goode
“Egg” planter, model no. G-99-L, 1950s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; painted high-fired
stoneware
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Malcolm Leland
Bird shelter, 1950s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware, wood, painted steel stand
Boyd Collection
Gordon Newell
Polar Bear, model no. N-1, 1950s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Gordon Newell
“Bird in Flight,”, 1950s
Produced by Architectural Pottery, Los Angeles; glazed high-fired
stoneware, redwood stand
Collection of Andy and Lisa Hackman; courtesy California Living,
Los Angeles
Pierre Koenig
Case Study House #22: model, ca. 1980-1999
Wood (veneer and plywood)-maple
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles,
California
