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Purple Heart Bench
Designer: David Ebner (American, born in 1945)
1983
Object Place: Bellport, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Purple heart
Dimensions
41.91 x 90.8 x 38.1 cm (16 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ronald D. Abramson
Accession Number1984.41
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
DescriptionSeat in the form of two slightly dished rectangles with swelled sides outlined at the center by two V-shaped notches. Two slab legs. Biconvex section, tapering sides with concave cutouts below the box joint with the seat.
Marks
branded on underside right with Chinese and Japanese character for wood or tree.
InscriptionsD.N.E. 83
Provenance1983, commissioned from the artist with financial support of Ronald D. Abramson, Rockville, Maryland; 1984, given by Ronald D. Abramson to the MFA (Accession date: January 18, 1984.
Copyright© D.N.E.