"Conoid" Chair | Yale University Art Gallery

introduced 1962, this example 1977

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Medium: Walnut and hickory
Dimensions: 35 3/8 × 19 7/8 × 16 1/4 in. (89.9 × 50.5 × 41.3 cm)
seat: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Credit Line: Mabel Brady Garvan Fund
Accession Number: 1977.140
Geography: Made in New Hope, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Furniture
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Provenance

Commissioned from the artist, July 1977

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 1977," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 37, no. 1 (Fall 1978), 72

Object copyright

In Copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

side chairs

On underside of seat: "George Nakashama Sept 1977 for Yale University"

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