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SMOOTH BENCH FRESNO

Creator: Julio Martínez Barnetche
Offered by: Marion Friedmann Gallery

Description
Sculptural bench, a 2023 follow-up edition of the furniture series Shi Ho, by Julio Martínez Barnetche. A beautiful piece of carved ashwood it set into a carved volcanic stone base. Martinez is a prolific sculptor of precious and semi-precious stones, woods and metals, working between sculpture, furniture and objects. The piece is from a furniture series created in 2014. Shi Ho is a word from the Mazateco language, from the area of Oaxaca, meaning a 'union'. The artist often takes his materials as he encounters them naturally and does not intervene too much, especially in the case of stones and wood. He never cuts a tree, he finds the wood in nature, in the garden of friends or at architectural salvage sites.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Mexico
Period:	New
Materials:	handcarved volcanic rock (Basalt) and ash-wood
Condition:	New.
Creation Date:	2023
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Contemporary, Collectible Design
Incollect Reference #:	680489

Dimensions

W.	73.62 in;	H.	17.72 in;	D.	21.65 in;
W.	187 cm;	H.	45 cm;	D.	55 cm;

Message from Seller:

Marion Friedmann Gallery launched in 2011 in London and merges a penchant for the avant-garde with a passion to celebrate and promote the most remarkable emerging and established contemporary designers. The gallery represents eclectic & eccentric collectible design with a special interest in`Materiality ́as well as in pieces with a positive environmental message. The objects range from furniture, lighting, objets d`art, jewelry and sculpture. We develop bespoke and special commissions.