$500
American, 20th Century. Sculptural high-back chair, probably for a child, possibly bubinga and Maine fir plywood (specifically manufactured for Gilmartin Studios), signed on the underside of seat M. Gilmartin. Height 46", width of seat 12.25", seat depth 13", seat height 22.25". Michael Gilmartin has been a wood sculptor and furniture maker for 28 years, the last 26 of which have been in Atlanta, Georgia. His art furniture graces many homes and offices throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and Japan. The Gilmartin Rocker is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, and his companion chair, the Avos Chair is in the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. His work has also toured in a past 3 year traveling exhibition, "Celebrating the Creative Spirit, that visited six museums throughout the Southeast._x000D_
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2014-11-15
