Sam Maloof
Rocking Chair

Rocking Chair

© Sam Maloof Woodworker Inc.

Rocking Chair
Rocking Chair
ArtistAmerican, 1916–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Rocking Chair
Date1968
PlaceCalifornia, United States
MediumWalnut and leather
DimensionsOverall: 45 × 27 1/4 × 42 3/8 in. (114.3 × 69.2 × 107.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, gift of Leatrice and Melvin Eagle
Object number2009.1704
Non exposé

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Provenance[Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, March 17, 2002, lot 3213]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; given to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed (incised) on underside, front of seat: "designed made / MALOOF / calif [partial]"
Engraved on brass plate at back of seat: " YPO [aligned vertically] FORTY-NINER / GERALD M JENNINGS / 1968 / LOS ANGELES CHAPTER"

Incised on underside, back of seat: "44 668"

Printed tag from Ballard Upholstering stapled to underside of seat (see photo).

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