Pair of "Grass Seated Chairs"

Arts of the Americas

c. 1945

George Nakashima (American, 1905–1990)
New Hope, Pennsylvania

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: George Nakashima
Title: Pair of "Grass Seated Chairs"
Place: New Hope (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1945
Medium: Walnut and sea grass
Dimensions: Each: 71.2 × 60.4 × 49.6 cm (28 × 23 3/4 × 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lynn and Tom Menaugh
Reference Number: 1991.245.1-2

Art Institute of Chicago, Design Episodes: Form, Style, Language, Dec. 17, 2016–July 9, 2017, no cat. (1991.245.1 only).

Lynn Menaugh (1920–2010; born Marilyn D. Heitkamp) and Thomas H. Menaugh (1919–2008), Ojai, CA, by 1990 [letter from Thomas H. Menaugh, Dec. 10, 1990; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.

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