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Bench
Thomas Hucker (American, born in 1955)
1982
Object Place: Smithville, Tennessee, United States
Medium/Technique
Beefwood, cast bronze
Dimensions
41.27 x 232.41 x 46.99 cm (16 1/4 x 91 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the National Endowment for the Arts, Ethan Allen, Inc., and the Robert Lehman Foundation
Accession Number1982.417
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
DescriptionLegs consist of two cast bronze slabs. Vertical wedge shape with a triangular prop on the inner side. Two down-curving rails rest on legs, overlapping at ends; secured with a mortise and tenon where rail crosses bronze slab. Seat supported on four bridges, secured to rails with double-through tenon. Seat a thin plank curving slightly outward, with longitudinal braces underneath.
Provenance1982, commissioned from the artist by the MFA. (Accession date: September 15, 1982)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.