anatomy of a chair: ruth francken's "homme" chair

L' HOMME

(The Man)

Ruth Francken 1971

"The procedure to create this unique chair 

is supervised by the artist.

A limited edition of the chair in various colored plastic

material was sponsored by 

Scte. Eric and Xiane Germain, Paris

The base is made of stainless steel tubing.

The plaster is made directly on the model."

"The cast, smoothed and finished is propped 

so that the base can be determined."

"Plaster model, rear view."

"Plaster model, front view."

"CHAIR: L'HOMME in polyester with stainless steel base."

Photos by Jack Nisberg

I don't know if you can read the result,

but it is $91,243.00!
(In 2008)

Ruth Francken

1924-2006

More here and here and here....

OH WAIT!

and this:

Ruth Francken

"Lilith"

1970

Photograph and metal on canvas

Gotta like that....