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17 October 2013
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Lawrence Laske

Who Supports Who

Gallery 91
USA, 1989
aluminum 30 h × 66 w × 34 d in (76 × 168 × 86 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $7,620
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This work is unique. Chairs can be used individually as seating or configured as shelves on the tabletop. Signed, titled and dated to underside 'Lawrence Laske Who Supports Who 1989'.
provenance: Collection of the artist
exhibited: Interior Objects: A New Decade, 16 May - 14 July 1990, Gallery 91, New York
This lot is sold to benefit the NFP foundation founded by Lawrence Laske to support the design community and the next generation of creative thinkers, A Brain Tumor and a Dream.

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Reconsidering Function

Who Supports Who by Lawrence Laske

Lawrence Laske's Who Supports Who reinterprets the traditional relationship between a table and chairs. Expectations of use are expanded in Laske’s unique work; not only can the chairs be seated around the table but here they can be used as tabletop accessories for additional shelving and storage.



In 1990, Who Supports Who was included in Interior Objects: A New Decade, an exhibition at Gallery 91, New York.


Photo of the exhibition installation
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