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Bend Bench #4

Jean Tarantino (born in 1947)
1991
Object Place: San Francisco, California, United States

Medium/Technique Cor-Ten steel
Dimensions 45.72 x 40.64 x 93.03 cm (18 x 16 x 36 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously
Accession Number1994.22
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds
San Francisco-based maker Jean Tarantino used material known for its structural applications in architecture to create a curved bench, which he decorated with small drilled holes at its edges as if they had once been stitched. Cor-Ten is named after its two primary properties, corrosion resistance and tensile strength—ideal characteristics for a usable work of art!

InscriptionsLogo of two opposing right angles within a circle scratched into underside of top
Copyright© Jean Tarantino 1991