Talk to the Hand (Chair)

From Alex Williams' recent New York Times story:

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Pedro Friedeberg, a Mexican artist often called "the last Surrealist," most famous for his playful Mano Silla (Hand Chair) from 1962, died on March 5 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, at 90.

He grew weary of the outsize attention paid to his most well-known creation, a large wooden hand that offers its palm as a seat and its fingers as a backrest.

Over 5,000 have been produced in a variety of materials — mahogany, oak, bronze, plastic — and finishes, including gold and silver leaf.

Some rare, original midcentury versions can fetch tens of thousands of dollars at auction.

Friedeberg told W: "I hate them. They've become like an icon or something."