About this artwork
The New York World’s Fair of 1964–65 was a celebration of technology and American consumer culture, planned by a team that included Viennese-born architect Victor Gruen, the inventor of the modern shopping mall. At the fair, the Pavilion of American Interiors presented visitors with a vision of the hightech domestic spaces of the future, including a range of automated home appliances and new synthetic fabrics. In this exhibit design for a new line of furniture, architect and designer Henry P. Glass took advantage of the pavilion’s round glass structure to showcase his interior design with built-in cabinetry, vividly colored and pattered textiles, and a bead curtain room divider. Standing at the intersection of mid-century modernism and the psychedelic culture of the 1960s and 1970s, these bright, chemically produced fabrics loudly proclaim the future of design.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Architecture and Design
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Artist
- Henry Peter Glass (Architect)
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Title
- Ward Furniture Display, 1964 New York World's Fair, Perspective
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1963
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Medium
- Mixed media collage on paper mounted on illustration board
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Dimensions
- 50.8 × 76.2 cm (20 × 30 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Henry P. Glass
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Reference Number
- 1999.546
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