Early Museum Quality Chair by Tommy Simpson Value 8500.00 Start Price USD 1,500.00 Current Price USD 1,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 14, 2008 End Time Monday, November 24, 2008 Location Cincinnati, Ohio See more about 'Early Museum Quality Chair by Tommy Simpson ' Description A fine example of the craftsmanship of Tommy Simpson. This writing chair truly captures the whimsy of Simpsons style. Simpson works in the tradition of studio furniture pioneers such as Nakashima or Wendell Castle. His work is featured in major galleries and museums across the country.Permanent Collections include the Smithsonian Institution, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and The American Craft Museum. As critic Karen S. Chambers writes " In all of Simpsons work, there is a sensitivity to color and a playful, faux-naive approach to composition. Overall the effect is joyous and it all works whether it has to function or merely delight the eye"A great piece of post Americana. The Chair 38" h x 27"w and 36" l was purchased by the original owner in 1984 - Signed and Dated Tommy S 1984Tommy Simpson BiographyEducation:1964 MFA in Painting Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MichiganAwards:1997 Fellow Award, American Craft Council, College of Fellows, New York, NY1994 Master Craftsman Award, Society of Connecticut CraftsAuthored Books:2001 Stone Flowers, IUPUI, Herron Art School, Indianapolis, IN1999 Two Looks to Home, Bulfinch Press, Boston, Massachusetts1967 Fantasy Furniture, Reinhold Publishing, New York, NYInstallations:2000 Garden of the Heart, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY1981 The American Room, American Craft Museum, New York, NYSolo Exhibitions:2004 Milestones, Leo Kaplan Modern, NYC Shows: 40 Year Celebration, New York, NY1994 Out of the Woods, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts1982 Room Installation, American Craft Museum, New York, NY1973 Fantasy Furniture, Peterson Gallery, Nantucket, MassachusettsSelected Group Exhibitions:2005 Under Cover: Upholstery, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA2004 Right at Home: American Studio Furniture, Renwick Gallery, MAA, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC2003 The Maker's Hand, Studio Furniture from 1940-1990, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts1995 Breaking Barriers: Recent American Craft, traveling exhibition organized by the American Craft Museum1989 New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furniture Makers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts1989-93 Craft Today USA: Poetry of the Physical, internationally traveling museum1987 Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art (traveling exhibition)1972-74 Objects USA, American Craft Museum (traveling exhibition)Public Collections & Commissions Hirschorn Collection, Washington, DCAmerican Craft Museum, New York, NYRenwick Gallery, NMAA, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCWadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, ConnecticutRacine Art Museum, Racine, WisconsinArkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Place a Bid!