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MR 90 Chair

A work made of bent chromed flat steel frame with leather upholstery.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of bent chromed flat steel frame with leather upholstery.

Date:

Designed 1929; made c. 1931

Artist:

Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American, born Germany, 1886-1969
Probably made by Bamberg Metallwerkstätten
Berlin-Neukölln

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Designer)

Title

MR 90 Chair

Place

Neukölln (Object made in:)

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Made 1926–1936

Medium

Bent chromed flat steel frame with leather upholstery

Dimensions

75.5 × 75.5 × 75.5 cm (29 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrew Brown, Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne, Mrs. James A. Cook, Mrs. James D. Cooney, Robert J. Dunham, Joseph Nash Field, Mrs. Oscar Klein in memory of Oscar Klein, Joseph McCrindle, George F. Porter, Mrs. Truman Reed, Mrs. T. Clifford Rodman, and Mr. and Mrs. William Sutherland; through prior bequest of Mrs. Tiffany Blake; through prior acquisition of the Baker, Culver, Mrs. Clive Runnells Memorial, and the Soloman A. Smith Charitable Trust funds

Reference Number

1988.273

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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