Frank Gehry
"Little Beaver Chair and Ottoman" from the "Experimental Edges Corrugated Cardboard Furniture" series

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"Little Beaver Chair and Ottoman" from the "Experimental Edges Corrugated Cardboard Furniture" series
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DesignerAmerican, born Canada, 1929
AtelierAmerican, established 1982
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Little Beaver Chair and Ottoman" from the "Experimental Edges Corrugated Cardboard Furniture" series
Datedesigned c. 1979–1982, made 1987–1988
MediumCardboard
DimensionsChair: 32 1/2 × 34 × 40 in. (82.6 × 86.4 × 101.6 cm)
 Ottoman: 17 × 22 × 19 3/4 in. (43.2 × 55.9 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Fredericka Hunter and Ian Glennie
Object number2019.650.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
Provenance[Sold through New City Editions, Los Angeles]; [Texas Gallery, Houston]; MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition HistoryFurniture and Objects, Texas Gallery, Houston.
Frank Gehry, Brazos Projects, Houston, 2000.

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Lil Beaver 22/100
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