Hamletmachine Chair (Hamlet Maschine Chair)
Robert Wilson, American, born 1941
Manufactured and Distributed by XO, Paris
1987
Welded steel
Stamped: "No. 10"
Overall: 38 5/8 × 11 × 17 1/4 in. (98.1 × 27.9 × 43.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk
2011.63.16
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Furniture: Seating
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, etched into the metal, on seat: Robert Wilson; stamped, etched into the metal, on seat: No. 10
Exhibition History
"Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art", Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 22-December 6, 2015.
Publication History
Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art, with contributions by Katherine Hart, Michael R. Taylor, John O'Reilly and James Tellin, Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2015, p. 68-69, no. 7.
Provenance
Anthony d'Offay Limited, London, England; Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, April 12, 1989; given to present collection, 2011.
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