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Chair

Chair

Artist/Maker (American, 1939–1989)
Date1979
MediumSolid cast bronze
DimensionsOverall: 44 3/16 × 21 7/16 × 22 9/16 in. (112.2 × 54.5 × 57.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Philip Droll, at the direction of Donald Droll, in honor of Richard E. Spear, Director (1973-83)
Object number1983.14
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of Scott Burton / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, NYMore Information
This work is a replica of Burton's Bronze Chair of 1972/75, the artist's first sculptural furniture piece that began its life as a found object-a worn, wooden chair left behind by the previous tenant of Burton's New York apartment. The chair's derivative style, which the artist called "Grand Rapids Queen Anne," appealed to his interest in ecclectic, vernacular forms. Burton was also drawn to the chair as a sign of the absent owner, whose weight and seated posture had slightly bent the frame.
Exhibition History
A Day Without Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 1, 1992 - December 1, 1992 )
Presence in Minimal and Postminimal Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 11, 1995 - May 29, 1995 )
Day Without Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 18, 1996 - December 31, 1996 )
The Sheltering Connection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 3, 2001 - September 17, 2001 )
Going Modern at the Allen: American Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1980
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 16, 2003 - July 27, 2004 )
Scott Burton
  • Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain (April 1, 2004 - May 30, 2004 )
Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 22, 2008 - September 13, 2008 )
Do It Again: Repetition as Artistic Strategy, 1945 to Now
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 2020 - July 2, 2021 )
Like a Good Armchair: Getting Uncomfortable with Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 17, 2023 - July 16, 2023 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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