Lucas Samaras

Chair Transformation Number 10A
1969–1970

A modern artistic chair with a white, blocky structure in the shape of the letter 'F', with one side adorned with a colorful cascade of tangled threads creating a contrast between the clean-cut geometry and the chaotic, vibrant strands.

A modern artistic chair with a white, blocky structure in the shape of the letter 'F', with one side adorned with a colorful cascade of tangled threads creating a contrast between the clean-cut geometry and the chaotic, vibrant strands.

Not on view

Date
1969–1970

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Melamine laminate, wood and wool

Dimensions
Overall: 38 1/8 × 20 × 18 1/16in. (96.8 × 50.8 × 45.9 cm)

Accession number
70.1572

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2697

Exhibitions

De Kooning to Today: Highlights from the Permanent Collection (2nd floor–Oct 2002)

Oct 9, 2002–Mar 1, 2003

Lucas Samaras
128 works in the collection

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