Folding Chair with separate hanging shelf
Tom Loeser (American, born 1956)
- Maker
- Tom Loeser (American, born 1956)
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- Baltic birch plywood, maple, stainless steel, enamel paint
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 36.3 x 5.5 in. (115.6 x 92.1 x 14 cm)
- Origin
- Westport Point
- Museum
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Accession
- 1989.28.1a-b
- Credit line
- Please Be Seated Collection, funded by Julian H. Fisher, B.A. 1969, in memory of Wilbur J. Fisher, B.A. 1926, and Janet H. Fisher
In this open statement on furniture as art, Thomas Loeser pokes fun at function and craft history. His chair collapses into a two-dimensional art object in order to hang on the wall. Blurring the lines between art and function, Loeser treats the surface of the chair as a canvas, sponging on different enamel colors.