Cervo Chair (Deer Chair)
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Plywood, plastic
DATES
2012
DIMENSIONS
47 5/8 x 24 7/8 x 26 1/8 in. (121 x 63.2 x 66.4 cm)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
ACCESSION NUMBER
2012.11
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Max Moglen and Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Weismann, by exchange
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Walnut plywood, zoomorphic chair comprised of two bent and cut sections joined together to represent, according to the designer, the innards of a deer. Upper back formed with curved, horizontal, concave, cut out section facing forward, with graduating sized 'bones', the smallest 'bones' at back splat level, seat formed with same curved, cut out section inversed (vertical) with graduating sized 'bones', smallest 'bones' at back splat level and at front, four of the curved 'bones' form chair legs on either side; the two chair sections are attached together on the reverse with a thin, flat, molded, walnut colored plastic (?) sheet.
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