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Chair
Chair

Chair

Artist Willie Cole American, born 1955
Date2007
MediumShoes, wood, pic pipes, screws, and staples
Dimensionsoverall: 39 × 48 × 37 in. (99.1 × 121.9 × 94 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift from the collection of Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull
Object number2023.2.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 2007; with Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York, NY; sold to Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer, 2021; given to NCMA, 2023.Exhibition HistoryHouston, TX, Finesilver Gallery, "Living Room," 2007

East Hampton, NY, Eric Firestone Gallery, "The Haberdashery," May 26–June 18, 2012.

Kalamazoo, MI, Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery, Western Michigan University, "Compex Conversations: Willie Cole Sculptures and Wall Works," January 10–February 15, 2013; Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro, September 14–December 15, 2013; Wooster, OH, The College of Wooster Art Museum, 2014; Grinnell, IA, Faulconer Gallery (now Grinnell College Museum of Art), Grinnell College, April 4–June 1, 2014; Houghton, NY, Ortlip Gallery, Houghton College (now Houghton University), August 24–October 15, 2014.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Start Talking," September 17, 2022–February 5, 2023.
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