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  • Textile (Uganda), early 20th century

    Length of reddish brown bark cloth.

  • Textile (Uganda), ca. 1971

    Length of poorly printed cotton with a design printed in olive green and red. In the center, a photo portrait of Idi Amin “President 2nd Republic of Uganda” under the…

  • Stool (Brazil), ca. 1955–60

    Curving rectangular seat having low, slightly upturned back with angled sides and large central opening; constructed of long laminated strips of Brazilian hardwoods in tones of dark to medium brown;…

  • Trans… Armchair, 2007

    Woven tan wicker armchair with colorful found plastic and rubber objects (including discarded bottles, tire, flip-flop, broken doll parts) woven into, and protruding from, the form.

  • Bowl (Brazil), 2007

    Up-curved form composed of joined steel segments that flex to expand or contract into square or rectangle; circular diamond chip mounted at one corner.

  • Vitoria Regia Stool, 1988

    Large multi-colored circular seat composed of found materials–upright sheets of variously colored felt, carpet remnants, foam, plastic–arranged in concentric circles, with regularly spaced slits at tops; gray, tubular metal base…

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