The $10 Hook That Belongs in a Masterpiece

At Frey House II, even the bathrobe hook was modernist.

In Palm Springs, the high desert light has a way of making everything feel essential. Albert Frey understood this better than anyone. When he built Frey House II in 1964, he famously painted the roof sky blue, chose curtains the color of wildflowers, and let a giant boulder share the living room. Nothing was decoration for decoration’s sake—it all belon…