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Modernist architectural marvel made famous by Slim Aarons for sale for $25m – The Guardian
The Kaufmann Desert House, designed by Richard Neutra, paved the way for the west coast concept of ‘indoor outdoor’ living
The Kaufmann Desert House, an architectural marvel that helped define the modernist aesthetic of the resort city of Palm Springs, is up for sale at $25m.
Built in 1946 to the designs of Richard Neutra, the house first became famous in Julius Shulmans twilight black-and-white frame, the misty San Jacinto Mountains in the background, and then again in 1970 when the society photographer Slim Aarons used the house and its pool for the setting of his legendary snapshot, Poolside Gossip.
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