Child's Coat Rack
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Powder coated steel, high-density MDF, matte lacquer
DATES
designed 2015
DIMENSIONS
50 x 23 1/2 in. (127 x 59.7 cm)
a- stand: 50 x 11 in. (127 x 27.9 cm)
b- u-shaped double arms: 14 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 3/4 in. (36.8 x 34.9 x 1.9 cm)
c-d- pair of l-shaped arms: 9 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3/4 in. (24.1 x 9.5 x 1.9 cm)
e-f- pair of straight arms: 9 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 3/4 in. (24.1 x 7.3 x 1.9 cm)
g-h- pair of l-shaped feet: 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 in. (
MARKINGS
Unmarked
ACCESSION NUMBER
2016.6.7a-k
CREDIT LINE
Modernism Benefit Fund and H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Child-sized anthropomorphic clothing rack composed of a center post of square steel, powder coated in white with black accents, topped with a stylized ibis head and supported by a weighted circular base. A decorative box holding a geometric heart indicates the abdomen of the form. At approximately shoulder, waist, and hip height are protruding T-shaped square steel pegs to which a set of five removable MDF leg and feet components and five hand and arm components, each with a square hole, that can be arranged in various configurations. This is the prototype.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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