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Donald Judd drew a clear distinction between his art objects and furniture. For him the former were purely aesthetic works of art which follow the tenets of his text Specific Objects (1965). The latter focused primarily on practical value. Each has its own intention and it was important to Judd to keep them separate. He is best known for his Minimalist objects. In addition, he also designed functional objects, for example, this set of a table and chairs from 1992. There are four different colours (yellow, brown, red and green) and five different constructions. That means there can be 20 possible combinations, nine of which are in the museum's collection.This is one of the two sets of furniture by the artist in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam's collection. The other set was chosen by Judd from existing models for the office of former museum director Rudi Fuchs.