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William Kesling

Custom console from the Oceanview residence for Walton J. MacConnell, Spindrift Dr., La Jolla, CA

c. 1947
walnut 28½ h × 102½ w × 26 d in (72 × 260 × 66 cm)
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $4,410
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Console features a flip-top compartment, a side door, and four doors concealing storage and a Calbest Multiplex Stereophonic tuner with original Stephens Tru-sonic speaker. Sold with a 3 November 1947 issue of LIFE Magazine documenting the MacConnell residence.
provenance: J. Walton MacConnell, La Jolla, CA | Acquired from the previous, Southern California Collection
literature: 'Life Visits a Cliffside House,' LIFE Magazine, 3 November 1947, ppg. 154-160 discusses house

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The Oceanview residence designed for Walton J. MacConnell by William Kesling, photographed by Julius Shulman. Image: J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles

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