Peter Shire Photograph: Bill Dow	Las Vegas 1 armchair, Peter Shire, 1989 Steel, wood, polyester enamel, wool upholstery, 32 1/2 x 34 x 29 in. Photo: Santi Caleca Courtesy: Echo X Park Artist Studio

2011
AWARD BENEFIT
and AUCTION

Honoring

PETER SHIRE

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Dan House,Malibu, CA

The Museum of California Design’s 2011 Award Benefit honored designer/artist/craftsman, Peter Shire for his outstanding contributions to American design. The event was held on Sunday, September 18 at the Dan House in Malibu. This was a rare opportunity to visit a beautiful, architecturally significant home designed by Franklin Israel in 1995 that is not open to the public. Examples of Peter Shire’s exuberant furniture and ceramics were on exhibit against a backdrop of ocean and canyon vistas.

The Museum’s 2011 Henry Award was presented to Mr. Shire by Frances Anderton the host of KCRW’s DnA: Design and Architecture, the Los Angeles Editor for Dwell Magazine and a regular contributor to the New York Times.

Dan House, 1995, Franklin Israel Photo: Erhard Pfeiffer

The Henry Award itself is an interpretation in Lucite by Charles Hollis Jones of the Roadside Barricade Light designed in 1967 by Henry Keck for Pasadena-based Keck-Craig, Inc. The Barricade Light, a circle and a square devoid of any nonfunctional elements, is a paragon of modern design that was exhibited in California Design Ten at the Pasadena Museum of Art in 1968.

The event schedule included introductory remarks by museum director Bill Stern, an award presentation by Ms. Anderton, observations about Mr. Shire’s place in American design by independent curator Jo Lauria, a silent auction and a live auction conducted by Peter Loughrey, founder and president of Los Angeles Modern Auctions. Light lunch and liquid refreshments were served.

We are grateful to CECILIA DAN for welcoming our guests to her remarkable home.

And we acknowledge the Participating Sponsorship of:
Nora Jaffe		Jonathan Kaye

Black and White teapot, Peter Shire, 2000 Earthenware, 19 x 21 1/2 in. Photo: Alan Shaffer