"Seven Roses" plant stand
This delicately carved and painted cherrywood plant stand—with its abstracted, geometricized support elements resembling tendril-like plant forms—exemplifies Hurwitz’s renowned work in carved wood and bentwood furniture. It also reflects the artist’s wide-ranging interests in design sources from the past, including British Arts & Crafts, the Wiener Werkstätte, and Japanese prints and brush painting.
Hurwitz began making furniture in the late 1970s, becoming a prominent figure within the 1990s American studio furniture movement, forming part of a new generation of makers that directly followed studio furniture stalwarts such as Wharton Esherick, Wendell Castle, and Sam Maloof.
With its combination of self-conscious historical design references, infused with a playful balance of wit and irony, Hurwitz’s work in the 1990s represented a high-water mark period for American studio furniture, and reflected shared sensibilities with other key makers within the field, such as John Cederquist and Garry Knox Bennett.
Hurwitz began making furniture in the late 1970s, becoming a prominent figure within the 1990s American studio furniture movement, forming part of a new generation of makers that directly followed studio furniture stalwarts such as Wharton Esherick, Wendell Castle, and Sam Maloof.
With its combination of self-conscious historical design references, infused with a playful balance of wit and irony, Hurwitz’s work in the 1990s represented a high-water mark period for American studio furniture, and reflected shared sensibilities with other key makers within the field, such as John Cederquist and Garry Knox Bennett.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Seven Roses" plant stand
- Designer: Michael Hurwitz (American, born Miami, Florida 1955)
- Date: 1993
- Medium: Carved and painted cherrywood, marble mosaic
- Dimensions: 39 3/4 × 14 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (101 × 37.5 × 37.5 cm)
- Classification: Furniture
- Credit Line: Gift of the Helen Williams Drutt Family Collection, in honor of the artist and Abraham Thomas, 2021
- Object Number: 2021.311.1
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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