A free-form stainless-steel ceiling crowns the living room of Edythe and Eli Broad's Los Angeles home, which was built by the architecture firm Langdon Wilson based on initial designs by Frank Gehry; the interiors are by Rose Tarlow. Among the works on view in the soaring space are Jasper Johns’s 1967 painting Flag, an untitled 1963 Robert Rauschenberg silkscreen with images of John F. Kennedy, and a 1946 Alexander Calder mobile at far right. Henry Moore's 1960 bronze Helmet Head No. 3 tops an integrated sofa/bookshelf by Rose Tarlow for Rose Tarlow Melrose House.
Two Cy Twombly works hang in the dining room, joined by a table and runner by Rose Tarlow for Rose Tarlow Melrose House and a set of midcentury Estelle and Erwine Laverne chairs.
Given pride of place in the master bedroom are two untitled Jasper Johns paintings, from 1984 (left) and 1975, and, near the window, Cy Twombly's 1988 painted-bronze sculpture By the Ionian Sea . The bed, bedding, and seating are by Rose Tarlow for Rose Tarlow Melrose House.
Tarlow collaborated with architect Richard Meier on the renovation of a couple's 2,500-square-foot New York apartment. A bookshelf devised by Tarlow spans the length of the living area to unify the newly enlarged space. The Bactrian stone disks date from 2000 B.C.
For the dining area, which fluidly connects the living area and the kitchen, Tarlow chose caned and ebonized-teak chairs by Pierre Jeanneret, from Christie’s, to go with a table of her own design. A Franz West pendant hangs from the ceiling.
The reconfigured living area faces Fifth Avenue.
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