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Taylor Green
Lounge Chair and Ottomandesigned 1939; made circa 1959

Not on view
Modernist chaise longue and ottoman with cream ribbed textile stretched over a tubular near-black metal frame, photographed against a taupe background

Taylor Green, Hendrik Van Keppel, Van Keppel-Green, Lounge Chair and Ottoman, designed 1939; made circa 1959, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dan Steen in memory of Taylor Green, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Taylor Green
United States, active United States, California, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, 1914-1991
Designer
Hendrik Van Keppel
United States, active United States, California, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, 1914-1987
Manufacturer
Van Keppel-Green
United States, California, Beverly Hills, 1939-early 1970s
Title
Lounge Chair and Ottoman
Place Made
United States
Date Made
designed 1939; made circa 1959
Medium
Enamel-coated steel, cotton cord (replaced)
Dimensions
a) Chair: 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 33 in. (62.23 x 52.07 x 83.82 cm); b) Ottoman: 12 x 20 1/2 x 21 in. (30.48 x 52.07 x 53.34 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dan Steen in memory of Taylor Green
Accession Number
AC1998.31.1-.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography

  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.

  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014

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