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Chair

(American, born in 1956)
1985
Object PlaceCharlestown, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniquePurpleheart, Pau Amarillo, anondized aluminum, hard-coated red, blue, silver aluminum, cast epoxy
Dimensions130.2 x 49.2 x 53.3 cm (51 1/4 x 19 3/8 x 21 in.)
Credit LineGift of Anne and Ronald Abramson
Accession number1985.732
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Provenance1984-85, commissioned from the artist for the MFA with the financial support of Anne and Ronald Abramson, Rockville, Maryland; 1985, gift of the Abramsons to the MFA. (Accessioning date: October 23, 1985)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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