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"Blongo" Side Chair

Creator Name

Leo Blackman

Cultural Context

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Date

ca. 1984

About the Work

Brooklyn Museum Object Description
Fancifully shaped, low side chair in natural finish, cut out birch plywood. The chair is composed of separately articulated parts all fitted together: rear legs/back unit, seat, and two front legs. Rear legs/back unit has horizontal cylinder at top (forms a back support); two closely spaced, parallel pieces of wood extend from this cylinder to the floor; their front edge is straight above the seat, bulges out below the seat (forming a little shelf which helps to support the seat), and then curves back inward to the floor; their back edge slopes gently from the cylinder then straightens out at bottom. These two parallel pieces are joined by horizontal members evenly spaced between the cylinder and seat (open below seat ...

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Title

"Blongo" Side Chair

Creator

Leo Blackman, American, American, born 1956, Maker

Worktype

Furniture

Cultural Context

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Material

Birch plywood

Dimensions

27 1/8 x 15 x 17 1/2 in. (68.9 x 38.1 x 44.5 cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

ca. 1984

Provenance

H. Randolph Lever Fund, Oct 17, 1985

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Rights

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Creative Commons Attribution
Creative Commons-BY

Inscription

no marks; Signed on underside of base in pencil, in script: "Leo Black[...] #2"; no inscriptions

Location

New York, United States

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