Collections: Decorative Arts: Tri-symmetric Sculptured Table

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Tri-symmetric Sculptured Table

• Designer: Vladimir Kagan, American, born Germany,1928
• Medium: Walnut, glass
• Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1953
• Dimensions: (base): 27 9/16 x 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (70 x 64.8 x 64.8 cm) (table top): 3/4 x 42 in. (1.9 x 106.7 cm)
• Markings: no marks
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no insctiptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
• Accession Number: 1991.255.1a-b
• Credit Line: Gift of the artist
• Image: Overall, 1991.255.1a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Vladimir Kagan (American, born Germany,1928). Tri-symmetric Sculptured Table, ca. 1953. Walnut, glass, (base): 27 9/16 x 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (70 x 64.8 x 64.8 cm) (table top): 3/4 x 42 in. (1.9 x 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 1991.255.1a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.255.1a-b.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Sculpted biomorphic tripod table base (a) of walnut with metal glides supporting colorless circular glass tabletop (b). Solid tripod table base shaped like three boomerangs standing on end and joined at center curve; top end of this boomerang sculpted flat to support table top and bottom end rounded to form feet. Tabletop has slightly beveled edges. CONDITION - Very good; crack in underside of joiner, residue of glue on underside.