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Johan Borgersen
Bench1899-1900

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Art Nouveau carved wood bench with low seat, slab end supports, and organic vine and leaf relief decoration with arch and circular cutouts

Johan Borgersen, Bench, 1899-1900, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Max Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Johan Borgersen
Norway, 1863-1930
Title
Bench
Place Made
Norway
Date Made
1899-1900
Medium
Oak
Dimensions
36 × 48 in. (91.44 × 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
M.2002.27
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy; contributions by Crawford, Alan; Joppien, Rüdiger; Kinchin, Juliet; Ogata, Amy F.; Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet; Witt-Dörring, Christian. The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004.

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