Dan Johnson

Acquired directly from the artist by Ralph Jacobson, Seatlle
Thence by descent

Derek E. Ostergard, Mackintosh to Mollino: Fifty Years of Chair Design, New York, 1984, pl. 64
Paola Antonelli, ed., Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, New York, 1998, pl. 91
Jerryll Habegger and Joseph H. Osman, Sourcebook of Modern Furniture, New York, 2005, p. 415

Overall in very good condition. One of the rattan seats was recently re-woven by a professional restorer. One of the other seat with a break to the metal edge frame of the caned portion, and with subsequent minor breaks to the caning. This is concentrated to one small area to the proper left front corner. Otherwise the cane in these chairs is in very good original condition with a beautiful acquired patina. The bronze frames with some minor rubbing and light surface scratches concentrated to the lower portion of the feet consistent with age and use.
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