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Air Chair

A work made of tubular steel frame, rubber inner tube from auto tire, and shag textile cover.

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  • A work made of tubular steel frame, rubber inner tube from auto tire, and shag textile cover.

Date:

1948

Artist:

Davis Pratt
American, 1917-1987

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Davis Pratt

Title

Air Chair

Place

United States (Artist's culture:)

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.

c. 1948

Medium

Tubular steel frame, rubber inner tube from auto tire, and shag textile cover

Dimensions

72.4 × 73 × 58.4 cm (28 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 23 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Bauhaus Chicago Foundation

Reference Number

2020.409

Extended information about this artwork

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