'Hamletmachine' Table and Four Chairs

Details

ROBERT WILSON (B. 1941)
'Hamletmachine' Table and Four Chairs

perforated and sheet steel
installation dimensions variable
table: 29 x 144 x 12 in. (73.5 x 366 x 30.5 cm.)
each chair: 38 x 9 1⁄4 x 18 1⁄2 in. (96.5 x 23.5 x 47 cm.)
Executed in 1986.

Provenance

Byrd Hoffman Foundation, New York
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

F. Quadri, F. Bertoni and R. Stearns, Robert Wilson, New York, 1998, pp. 61, 126, 128.
M. Arent Safir, Robert Wilson: from Within, Paris, 2011, p. 192.

Further details

Prototypes for the New York University production of Hamletmachine (1986).
The present table and chairs are prototype number 3 of 4.
A modified version of this chair design was produced in an edition of 150 by XO Designs.

Sale room notice

Please note the following prototype and further editions detail:

Prototypes for the New York University production of Hamletmachine (1986).
The present table and chairs are prototype number 3 of 4.
A modified version of this chair design was produced in an edition of 150 by XO Designs.