Photo of collection object Empty Chair or The Last Colonial — Ossorio, Alfonso. Empty Chair or The Last Colonial, 1969. Glass and plastic marbles, West African wood figures, tree fragments, pebbles, geode, iron nails, coral, seashells, wood shoe trees, lobster claws, sword, painted human foot bones and vertebra, faux pearls, plastic and wooden letters, plastic sheets and scraps, wood scraps, painted wood, animal claws and bones, domino, glass eyes, bell, and other materials on plastic sheets mounted on wood, 46 3/8 x 39 1/4 x 15 7/8" (117.7 x 99.7 x 40.3 cm). Gift of the artist, 688.1971. (Photo: MoMA)

MoMA

Empty Chair or The Last Colonial

1969

Alfonso Ossorio

American, born The Philippines. 1916–1990

Painting & Sculpture

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Ossorio, Alfonso
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Glass and plastic marbles, West African wood figures, tree fragments, pebbles, geode, iron nails, coral, seashells, wood shoe trees, lobster claws, sword, painted human foot bones and vertebra, faux pearls, plastic and wooden letters, plastic sheets and scraps, wood scraps, painted wood, animal claws and bones, domino, glass eyes, bell, and other materials on plastic sheets mounted on wood
Medium: glass, plastic, marbles, west, african, wood, figures, tree, fragments, pebbles, geode, iron, nails, coral, seashells, shoe, trees, lobster, claws, sword, painted, human, foot, bones, vertebra, faux, pearls, wooden, letters, sheets, scraps, animal, domino, eyes, bell, other, materials, mounted
Dimensions: 46 3/8 x 39 1/4 x 15 7/8" (117.7 x 99.7 x 40.3 cm)
Departments: Painting & Sculpture
Accession Number: 688.1971
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
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