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Armchair
Accession # 2010.72
Artist Paul Rudolph
Title Armchair
Date Designed 1968
Medium Chrome-plated steel, other metals, Lucite
Dimensions 26 x 31 x 29 in. (66 x 78.7 x 73.7 cm)
Marks Metal castors, stamped: 'SHEPHERD/PROFILE'
Credit Line Designated Purchase Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 9, Shelf D (Contemporary Furniture)
Description Chrome plated steel and Lucite chair with eight legs on castors. Inner frame: Modular, tubular metal frame with four legs with a square, upward tilted Lucite seat and square angled Lucite back. Outer section: Modular tubular metal with two legs on either side of seat, each with above a single long, Lucite, rectangular armrest. The chair design as a modern reinterpretation of the Wassily chair design of 1927. Condition: Good. See conservation report on file.