Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Living Sculpture Sofa
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Preferred Title:
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Living Sculpture Sofa
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Alternate Title:
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Siège Living Sculpture
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Image View:
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Detail of central section
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Creator:
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Verner Panton (Danish designer, 1926-1998)
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Location:
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repository: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) AM 1992-1-409
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Location Note:
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Place Georges-Pompidou
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GPS:
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+48.860653+2.352411
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Date:
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1970-1971 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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European
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Work Type 2:
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seat furniture
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Classification:
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furnishings
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Material:
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wood; wool textile; polystyrene; Polyether foam
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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220 cm (height) x 510 cm (width) x 430 cm (depth)
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Description:
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Danish designer Verner Panton established his own practice in Copenhagen in 1955, working with many firms and furniture and fabric manufacturers. His interest was in a total design that included innovative environments. The Living Sculpture sofa, developed 1970-1971 for his own house in Basel, consists of nine polyurethane foam elements connected by a system of dowels and covered in a wool weave. Its unique design, both comfortable and playful, offers a new take on indoor habits and occupations. It was exhibited at the Cologne Furniture Fair in 1972. (Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Nine
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Identifier:
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8A1-PANTON-SLS-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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