Alfonso Ossorio

Empty Chair or The Last Colonial

1969

Dating

Exact year

Held at

Museum of Modern Art

Medium

Glass and plastic marbles, West African wood figures, tree fragments, pebbles, geode, iron nails, coral, seashells, wood shoe trees, lobster claws, sword, painted human foot bones and vertebra, faux pearls, plastic and wooden letters, plastic sheets and scraps, wood scraps, painted wood, animal claws and bones, domino, glass eyes, bell, and other materials on plastic sheets mounted on wood

Dimensions

46 3/8 x 39 1/4 x 15 7/8" (117.7 x 99.7 x 40.3 cm)

Collection no.

688.1971

Attribution

By the artist

Location checked Oct 4, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.