“Three-Legged Chair”, ca. 1947
Jacaranda, imbuia, ivorywood, cabreúva. 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm.) high
Produced by Tenreiro Móveis e Decorações, Brazil. Underside with paper label “Tenreiro Móveis e Decorações" and several paper postage stamps.
PROVENANCE R 20th Century, New York
LITERATURE Soraia Cals, Tenreiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2000, front and back covers and pp. 6-7, 56-57 and 76-77; “Money in Miami,” Azure, March 2006, p. 109; Aric Chen, “Natural Wonders,” Art + Auction, April 2006, pp. 123-124
Forty years before the widespread use of AutoCAD and other computer-aided design programs, Joaquim Tenreiro built his "Three-Legged Chair" (1947), a paragon of fluidity and dynamic expression in wood. Stripped of appendages, horizontal rails, and right angles—impediments to...
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