Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Purple Heart Bench

Designer: David Ebner (American, born in 1945)
1983
Object Place: Bellport, New York, United States

Medium/Technique Purple heart
Dimensions 41.91 x 90.8 x 38.1 cm (16 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 15 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Ronald D. Abramson
Accession Number1984.41
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds

DescriptionSeat in the form of two slightly dished rectangles with swelled sides outlined at the center by two V-shaped notches. Two slab legs. Biconvex section, tapering sides with concave cutouts below the box joint with the seat.
Marks branded on underside right with Chinese and Japanese character for wood or tree.
InscriptionsD.N.E. 83
Provenance1983, commissioned from the artist with financial support of Ronald D. Abramson, Rockville, Maryland; 1984, given by Ronald D. Abramson to the MFA (Accession date: January 18, 1984.
Copyright© D.N.E.