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Armchair
This is a armchair. It was designed by Josef Albers.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from The Art Institute of Chicago as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
Josef Albers joined the faculty of the Bauhaus in 1922 as a painter and teacher of stained-glass making. He also taught a course in handcrafts that led him to designing furniture after the Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1925.
It is credited Lent by The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Dr. Fritz Moellenhoff and Dr. Anna Moellenhoff, 1982.76.
- Long Chair Chair
- birch (frame), birch-faced plywood (seat).
- Museum purchase through gift of George R. Kravis II, Anonymous Donor, and....
- 2013-17-1
- Dish (Germany)
- glass.
- 1988-73-1
- Pair Of Door Handles
- nickel-plated brass mounted on painted wood.
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2016-5-17
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, First Studies for the Villa Stein-de Monzie, Garches, France
- graphite on white paperboard, mounted on canvas.
- Museum purchase from James B. Ford and Peter Cooper Hewitt Estate Funds.
- 1936-60-1
- Photograph, Villa Stein-de Monzie, Interior View, Garches, France
- photographic print, mounted on canvas.
- Museum purchase from James B. Ford and Peter Cooper Hewitt Estate Funds.
- 1936-60-8-2
- B3 Chair
- chrome-plated tubular steel, canvas.
- Gift of Gary Laredo.
- 1956-10-1-a,b
Its dimensions are
72.5 x 61.3 x 64.2 cm (28 1/2 x 24 1/8 x 25 1/4 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
