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Ellwood Remembering the Thin Man

From books to furniture, art and furnishings - we will soon have it all!

By Keith York

BOOKS

Craig Ellwood: Remembering the Thin Man (MOD-8, 2024)
This inside view of Craig Ellwood comes from an unpublished manuscript by his first employee, Ernie Jacks, features previously unpublished photographs and drawings of Ellwood and his early projects. Buy HERE

Craig Ellwood: Furniture (MOD-7, 2024) Buy HERE
This publication is the first monograph to document Craig Ellwood's furniture designs. Told through vintage photography by Marvin Rand (among others) as well as drawings and correspondence from the architect's archive.

The Sensuous Environment: Sim Bruce Richards, Architect (MOD-6, 2023) Buy HERE
Please note that the soft cover edition is SOLD OUT.
This book on the artist/architect shares its title with the 2023-2024 exhibition held at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park.

Julius Shulman: Modern La Jolla (MOD-5, 2019) SOLD OUT
This 28-page book accompanied my exhibition hosted at the La Jolla Historical Society.

Julius Shulman: Modern San Diego (MOD-4, 2019) Buy HERE
This 32-page exhibition catalog accompanied my exhibition at the San Diego Central Library Gallery.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Legacy in San Diego: The Taliesin Apprentices (MOD-3, 2015) SOLD OUT
The 16-page catalog accompanied my exhibition at the La Jolla Historical Society.

The Bobertz Residence: Craig Ellwood and the Legacy of Arts & Architecture in San Diego (MOD-2, 2015) Buy HERE
This book tells the story of Craig Ellwood's Bobertz House (1953-55) which I owned between 2000-2017.

Paradise Found: Modern Architecture of San Diego (MOD-1, 2005) Buy HERE 
This 2005 12-month wall calendar of Julius Shulman's fantastic images of San Diego projects was produced (in 2004) in collaboration with the photographer (while he was still alive). Features photographs of Louis Kahn's Salk Institute, Edward Killingsworth's Case Study Houses and Richard Neutra's Airman Memorial Chapel.

COMING SOON

Southern California Modern: The Photography of John Hartley (MOD-9)
In the same spirit of the work photographers Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand, John Hartley captured projects across Southern California by architects and designers in the decades following World War II.

Craig Ellwood: Life is a Bottomless Barrel (MOD-10)
Collated and published in its entirety for the first time since its completion in 1992, Ellwood's autobiographical manuscript will be accompanied by vintage and contemporary images illuminating his life and career.

Modern San Diego: 20th Century Modernism At The Edge of the Pacific (MOD-11)
Many years in the making, this will be the first survey of 20th Century modern architecture throughout San Diego County. 

Ellwood Remembering the Thin Man
Ellwood Furniture front cover
MOD-7 Craig Ellwood: Furniture
Sensous Environment Cover Small
MOD-6 The Sensuous Environment: Sim Bruce Richards, Architect
MOD 5 Shulman Modern LJ 700 K
MOD-5 Julius Shulman: Modern La Jolla
MOD 4 Shulman Modern SD 700 K
MOD-4 Julius Shulman: Modern San Diego
MOD 3 Taliesin 700 K
MOD-3 Frank Lloyd Wright's Legacy in San Diego
MOD 2 Bobertz House 700k
MOD-2 The Bobertz Residence
MOD 1 Paradise Found 700k
MOD-1 Paradise Found 2004 Calendar

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