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Stool (one of a pair)
Tage Frid (American, born in Denmark, 1915–2004)
1979
Object Place: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/Technique
Walnut
Dimensions
Overall: 78.7 x 50.2 x 38.1 cm (31 x 19 3/4 x 15 in.)
Other (Seat Height): 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)
Other (Seat Height): 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Deborah M. Noonan Foundation
Accession Number1979.276
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
DescriptionThree-legged stool with concave board seat joined to L-shaped back support. Canted back tapers downward with elliptical hole above. Two front, one rear splayed rounded legs braced with stretchers on T-shape. Through tenon construction. Signed (underside of seat): "Tage Frid/1979" (script)
InscriptionsInscribed into base of seat in script:
Tage Frid
1979
Tage Frid
1979
Provenance1979, commissioned from the artist as part of the MFA's Please Be Seated program. (Accession date: June 20, 1979)