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Walead Beshtyb. 1976
Bookkeeping [Source: wood, laminate, and particleboard bookkeeping desk designed by Project-Space/Jonathan Caplan from the bookkeeping office at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York. Surrogate: WB72614A (produced in conjunction with Beverly Banks and Cecilia Roberts, Bookkeepers), Copper Surrogate (designed by Project-Space/Jonathan Caplan, 456 West 18th Street, New York, New York, June 26–October 4, 2014), conceived in 2013, produced in 2014, made of polished copper and powder-coated steel with the dimensions 68 5/8 x 125 1/8 x 30 3/4 inches as a singular object. Production completed by Benchmark Scenery Incorporated, Glendale, California from 48 ounce Electrolytic-Tough-Pitch C11000 Copper Alloy cut from 60 x 120 inch mirror-polished sheet and 24 ounce Electrolytic-Tough-Pitch C11000 Copper Alloy cut from 60 x 120 inch mirror-polished sheet, with formed corners where necessary, copper plated hardware, perimeter edge French cleat system, and separate black powder-coated steel support structures. $21,080.00 production cost including travel and storage crates with floating lockable cleat system. Unexposed surrogates shipped by Crate 88 Incorporated from Los Angeles to New York, June 19 through June 23, 2014. Installed in place of Project-Space/Jonathan Caplan desk at 456 West 18th Street, New York on June 26, 2014, exposure through the duration of A Machinery for Living organized by Walead Beshty and Walead Beshty: Performances Under Working Conditions at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, closing October 4, 2014. Due to the length and shape of the surface, copper surrogate portion produced in two sections, section 1 is 80 3/4 x 23 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches and section 2 is 67 x 44 3/16 x 1 1/2 inches. Desk has two cabinet surrogates with the dimensions 29 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches and four small drawer surrogates, each with the dimensions 3 1/8 x 21 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches.]polished copper table top and powder-coated steel, in 8 partsi. 81 by 23½ in. (205.7 by 59.7 cm.)ii. 67 by 44¼ in. (170.2 by 112.4 cm.)iii-vi. 4 drawers: 3⅛ by 22 by 22 in. (7.9 by 55.9 by 55.9 cm.)vii-viii. 2 cabinets: 29¼ by 15¼ by 21¾ in. (74.3 by 38.7 by 55.2 cm.)Executed in 2014.