Anchoring the living room: Richard Dupont, Anthropometry 4,5,6 (installed as 4,6,5), 2013, hand-cut collage, mounted on museum board on panel; courtesy of the artist. Glass cocktail table from Bright Group with Acte 1 sectional from Ligne Roset and Lazar Bolo swivel chairs from Contempo Designs. A custom rug from Abrash, Alison Berge hanging lamp, and round side table from Holly Hunt complete the living room.
enticing with its intricate drawing in the bodice and armature. One gets lost, as the birds feel active against the window leading into the backyard. The details of design and beading on the bodice and moments that hang from it are like a drawing in motion. Nick Cave’s Soundsuit invites everyone to look, feel, and experience, without prejudice.” Just around the corner on a wall facing the kitchen and family room, another figure, seeming to emerge from outside, titled Selenite Eroded Broken Figure is by sculptor Daniel Arsham. Arsham uses things that we already know and disrupts them in ways to provoke wonder and intrigue. The partial figure reflects indoor/outdoor living and a busy household coming in and out of the family room. The kitchen, always the center of a house, has a Saarinen table with chairs from Scott + Cooner and a light fixture by Flos.
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The family room, like the other living areas, is furnished in neutral, family-friendly tones. Says Fritschy, “They wanted a modern home, but not a ‘white box.’ This home was planned for entertaining, and everyone in this family is sincere and inviting, so the colors in the house were selected to support their lifestyle and personalities. We chose welcoming shades of warm gray for the base of our color scheme throughout the house.” In the dining room are paintings by artists that the client became familiar with through his parents. “They loved to shop for art in New Mexico, so I grew up with art appreciation. Our aesthetic is different now, but I’m still attracted to form,” he says. Facing the entry is a painting by Daniel Namingha, a Santa Fe artist inspired by the spirit of the universe in Hopi symbolism. To the side is a figurative painting by Paul Pletka, a neo-surrealistic artist inspired by his fascination with the Native