Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury

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Karl Benjamin, *Black Pillars,* 1957. — Karl Benjamin, *Black Pillars,* 1957, oil on canvas, private collection. © Karl Benjamin, courtesy Louis Stern Fine Art, West Hollywood.

Lorser Feitelson, *Dichotomic Organization* — Lorser Feitelson, *Dichotomic Organization,* 1959, oil on canvas. Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Marie Eccles Caine Foundation Gift. © Feitelson Arts Foundation.

William Claxton, album cover for *Chet Baker & Crew* (World Pacific Records, 1956). © William Claxton; courtesy Demont Photo Management.

Julius Shulman, photograph of Case Study House #22 (Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1959-60), 1960. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.

Charles and Ray Eames, LCM Chair, © 1951. Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company; molded birch plywood, chrome-plated steel, rubber. Boyd Collection.

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Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury

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