Coffee Table from the Max and Fanya Finkelstein House, Los Angeles

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© Alvin Lustig
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Coffee Table from the Max and Fanya Finkelstein House, Los Angeles

circa 1948
Furnishings; Furniture
Birch plywood, glass
16 x 42 x 23 in. (40.64 x 106.68 x 40.64 cm)
Decorative Arts and Design Council Fund (M.2007.236.1a-b)
Decorative Arts and Design
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Polymath designer Alvin Lustig created buildings, furniture, textiles, and graphics in his short but prolific career....
Polymath designer Alvin Lustig created buildings, furniture, textiles, and graphics in his short but prolific career. He constantly exhorted his peers and students to design in all media and not be hindered by disciplinary boundaries. This table, which closely resembles one that graced his Sunset Boulevard office, comes from a West Hollywood bungalow for which he designed the furniture, lighting, and built-ins.

(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
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Bibliography

  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los  Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013. 

Exhibition history

  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012