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Little House in the Clouds

A work made of painted, flocked formed plastic.
© Stanley Tigerman

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  • A work made of painted, flocked formed plastic.

Date:

1976

Artist:

Stanley Tigerman
American, 1930–2019

About this artwork

Created for the first exhibition of Chicago Seven, an iconic group of architects, at the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago, Little House in the Clouds displays the symbolic gestures and formal language that define Stanley Tigerman’s architecture. Tigerman questions man’s relationship to nature through the tenuous connection of the house with the land while also referencing historical precedents from modernism such as Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye (1931) and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House (1951). The partially mirrored facade reflects the image of man onto the building to reinforce his presence within the landscape.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Stanley Tigerman (Architect)

Title

Little House in the Clouds

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1976

Medium

Painted, flocked formed plastic

Dimensions

13 × 61 × 61 cm (5 × 24 × 24 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Stanley Tigerman

Reference Number

2012.623

Copyright

© Stanley Tigerman

Extended information about this artwork

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