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Clock with Three Drawers

Clock with Three Drawers

© Estate of Garry Knox Bennett

Clock with Three Drawers
Clock with Three Drawers
ArtistAmerican, 1934–2022
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Clock with Three Drawers
Date1972
MediumFir, brass, silver- and gold-plated brass, and clock components
Dimensions50 3/4 × 11 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (128.9 × 28.2 × 18.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, gift of Leatrice and Melvin Eagle
Object number2024.291
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
Provenance[Gumps Gallery, San Francisco, California]; David and Barbara Gardner, Los Angeles California; [Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Van Nuys, Modern Art & Design, February 23, 2014, Lot 287]; Private collection; [Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey, Living Contemporary, July 20, 2022, Lot 177]; Private collection, Dallas, Texas; Leatrice and Melvin Eagle, Columbia, South Carolina, 2024; given to MFAH, 2024.
Published References Ilse-Neuman, Ursula, Ed. Made in Oakland: The Furniture of Garry Knox Bennett. New York: American Craft Museum, 2001: 189. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated on interior lid, black marker: GKB / ANNO / 72 [second N reversed]

Inscription engraved on back, upper center: A LITTLE ROUGH / BUT WHO GIVES A SHIT? / C+ [encircled 'C' with two directional arrows] / AMBROSE DID / THIS PART / MY FIRST / CLOCK TO DAVE / & BARBRA - MAY / THEY ENJOY

Inscription on back, lower center, black marker: GET / NIXON
Signed on interior lid, black marker: GKB
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