Completed in 1993, Joel Otterson's Endangered Species Chairs present a matched pair of sculptural seats that collapse the boundary between functional furniture and politically charged art object. Constructed from enameled cast iron and copper pipes, the works carry the visual weight of industrial craft while the incorporation of animal hide and appropriated elements introduces an unsettling tenderness, implicating the viewer in questions of consumption, preservation, and the commodification of living things. Otterson transforms the domestic chair, an object of comfort and everyday ritual, into a provocation about what human civilization chooses to protect and what it quietly destroys. Otterson emerged during a moment when artists working in three dimensions were revisiting the legacies of craft, Pop, and institutional critique simultaneously, and these chairs reflect that convergence with considerable sophistication. The use of hide alongside industrial materials is not decorative but confrontational, calling attention to the paradox embedded in the title. To designate something as endangered is already to have allowed its diminishment, and Otterson makes this tension physical and tactile rather than merely conceptual. The scale, 78.7 by 76.2 by 76.2 centimeters, places each work at precisely human proportions, ensuring the encounter remains intimate and embodied. The pair is signed and offered in fine condition, with each chair retaining its original upholstery and appropriated components intact. Works from this period of Otterson's practice appear rarely on the market, and the survival of the pair together strengthens both the conceptual argument and the collection value considerably.