The Chair

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Object Details

Date
1965
Artist
Ruth Asawa, American, 1926 - 2013
Printer
Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A woven chair is printed in white ink on a black background, while an abstracted shadow of white squares floats behind it. Each woven area illustrated slightly differently; the splat of the chair has a wider, lattice pattern, while the seat has a tightly woven cane.
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Credit Line
Gift of International Business Machines Corp.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Accession Number
1969-124-1
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
approx. 104.9 × 75.7 cm (41 5/16 × 29 13/16 in.)
Metadata Usage
Not determined
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b58362af-1d9d-4cde-9eb8-dd301b317f1e
Record ID
chndm_1969-124-1