Jay Chiat’s “Grandpa Beaver” chair by Frank Gehry
Venice, California. New City Editions
1987
Signed and numbered, 5/50
Corrugated cardboard
34” high x 53” wide x 40” deep (seat height 14″)
Perhaps the most voluptuous of Frank Gehry’s corrugated cardboard furniture designs, this Grandpa Beaver chair was in the personal collection of Jay Chiat, and resided for a number of years in Gehry’s “Binoculars” Building designed for Chiat/Day in 1991.
It is in gorgeously worn condition.