Armchair

Architecture and Design

1967

Designed by Harry Bertoia
American, born Italy, 1915–1978
Manufactured by Knoll Associates, Inc.
American, founded 1938
East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Architecture and Design

Artist: Harry Bertoia
Title: Armchair
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1967
Medium: White vinyl-covered steel mesh
Dimensions: 77.4 × 85.8 × 71.1 cm (30 1/2 × 33 3/4 × 28 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Malcolm, Kay, Kim, and Kyle Kamin
Reference Number: 1986.38
Copyright: © 2018 Estate of Harry Bertoia / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Jennifer M. Downs, “ ‘The New Modern Feeling’: A Catalogue of the Collection,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 27, 2 (2001), p. 96, cat. 28 fig. 2.

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