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Prefabricated Kitchen Unit, Les Tournavelles, Arc 1800, Savoie, France

A kitchen unit with red walls, two white shelves, a microwave, steel countertop with a sink and stove top, and a white oven.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A kitchen unit with red walls, two white shelves, a microwave, steel countertop with a sink and stove top, and a white oven.

Date:

1975–78

Artist:

Charlotte Perriand
French, 1903–1999

About this artwork

Like a readymade for construction, the idea of prefabrication has long fascinated architects and designers. The kitchen and bathroom became special focuses for study because of the many different materials and trades required to produce them. Charlotte Perriand’s prefabs at Les Arcs—molded fiberglass shells in unexpected red, green, and blue—represent one of the rare projects of this kind that achieved large-scale production, with thousands of units created over the course of a decade. Completed at the end of Perriand’s career, these units were the culmination of many years of work to make domestic spaces more usable, affordable, responsive to contemporary life, and especially at Les Arcs, enjoyable and fun.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Charlotte Perriand (Architect)

Title

Prefabricated Kitchen Unit, Les Tournavelles, Arc 1800, Savoie, France

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.

1975–1978

Medium

Polyester and fiberglas shell with unoxidized steel

Dimensions

233 × 155 × 68 cm (92 × 61 × 27 in.)

Credit Line

Funds provided by the Architecture & Design Society

Reference Number

2014.1175

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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