Armchair
Gaudí's organic, highly decorated architecture and interiors transformed turn-of-the-century Barcelona. The fluid curves of his designs may bear a superficial resemblance to those of Art Nouveau, but they have a vigor all their own. Rather than recalling plant forms, Gaudí's furniture at its most bizarre, such as this chair, suggests the stance of predatory insects.
Artwork Details
- Title: Armchair
- Artist: Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Spanish, Reus 1852–1926 Barcelona)
- Date: ca. 1902–4
- Medium: Walnut
- Dimensions: 38 in. × 25 1/2 in. × 20 1/2 in. (96.5 × 64.8 × 52.1 cm)
- Classification: Furniture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph H. Hazen Foundation Inc. Gift, 1974
- Object Number: 1974.107
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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