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Armchair

A work made of oak frame, stained brown; canvas seats.

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  • A work made of oak frame, stained brown; canvas seats.

Date:

Designed 1922; Made 1923/24

Artist:

Marcel Breuer
American, born Hungary, 1902-1981
Weimar, Germany

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Marcel Breuer (Designer)

Title

Armchair

Place

Germany (Object made in)

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.

Made 1923–1924

Medium

Oak frame, stained brown; canvas seats

Dimensions

94.6 × 56.6 × 57.1 cm (37 1/4 × 22 1/4 × 22 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Richard T. Crane, Jr. endowment

Reference Number

1988.39

Extended information about this artwork

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