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1960

  • Work on this object began.

1980

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

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Side Chair (USA)

This is a Side chair. It was designed by Frank O. Gehry. It is dated ca. 1970 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is corrugated cardboard, masonite. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of William Woolfenden.

  • Print, Destiny of an Old Directory
  • offset lithograph on glossy white paper.
  • Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A.....
  • 2016-54-47

Its dimensions are

82.5 x 42 x 51 cm (32 1/2 x 16 9/16 x 20 1/16 in. )

Cite this object as

Side Chair (USA); Designed by Frank O. Gehry (American, b. Canada, 1929); corrugated cardboard, masonite; 82.5 x 42 x 51 cm (32 1/2 x 16 9/16 x 20 1/16 in. ); Gift of William Woolfenden; 1988-79-1

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