Unforgettable Desks? We Have Them
Desk for California Design Eleven by Eben W. Haskell, Lynn McLarty and Michael Kirchner, Haskell Design Furniture, 1971, walnut, two small drawers, large file drawer, 31 3/4 in. h. by 69 in. w. by 56 in. d., $25,000. California Design Eleven was an exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum in 1971.
A recent “Design” auction at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) featured several desks created by prominent midcentury modern designers including Gio Ponti, Paul Evans and George Nelson. The collection was owned by the late Peter Loughrey, a collector, curator and founder of LAMA who frequently appeared on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow. Giovanni “Gio” Ponti (1891–1979) was […]