half dollars, stainless steel
33 x 46 x 32 in. (83.8 x 116.9 x 81.3 cm)
with welded tag signed Johnny Swing and numbered HD/BC27EB10
number 27 from an edition of 50

Private Collection, acquired directly from the artist
Fusion: Contemporary Art and Design, Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 2010, lot 38
Acquired from the above by the present owner

M. Byars, New Chairs: Design, Technology, and Materials, London, 2006, pp. 146-147 (for a related example)
D. Nielson, "To Coin a Chaise: Seductive Furniture Made of Currency," Take Magazine, issue 5, vol. 3, November 2017, p. 41

Christie's would like to thank Johnny Swing for his assistance with the cataloguing of this work.

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