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Bruno Mathsson

Artist

WA-00028390

Värnamo, Sweden

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ321453 ULAN500333302

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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Modern Art in Your Life

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946–1947

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Design for Use

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/bruno-mathsson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3830
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Bruno Mathsson was a Swedish furniture designer and architect whose molded plywood and laminated wood forms defined Scandinavian modernism in the postwar era. Working primarily in the 1940s and onward, he created organic, flowing furniture pieces that prioritized comfort and craft over geometric severity. His bent-wood chairs and tables, produced through innovative lamination techniques, became exemplars of functionalist design that balanced industrial production with handmade sensibility.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum

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Artworks (11)

Kerstin

1980 · Chair

Victoria and Albert Museum

Chaise Longue: "Pernilla"

1960 · Bent plywood or beechwood, with hemp webbing

88.6 × 170 × 63 cm (34 7/8 × 66 7/8 × 24 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Table

1952 · Teak plywood top and beech supports

25 1/2 x 56 x 28" (64.8 x 142.2 x 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Folding Table on Casters (model T702)

1944 · Lacquered birch, ash, and nickel-plated steel

25 x 40 x 16" (63.5 x 101.6 x 40.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pernilla 1 Easy Chair (T105)

1944 · Molded beech plywood and hemp webbing

34 1/8 x 24 3/4 x 40" (86.7 x 62.9 x 101.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"Pernilla" Footrest

1941 · Beechwood, cotton webbing

16 × 20 × 27 in. (40.6 × 50.8 × 68.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Pernilla" Easy Chair

1941 · Beechwood, cotton webbing

36 1/2 × 25 1/4 × 38 in., 16 lb. (92.7 × 64.1 × 96.5 cm, 7.3 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lounge chair with reading stand

1936 · Beech, canvas, brass, birch, and ash

31 × 40 × 21" (78.7 × 101.6 × 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chaise Longue

1936 · Solid birch, laminated birch, plywood, and hemp webbing

29 1/2 × 20 3/8 × 58 1/2" (75 × 51.8 × 148.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Eva Chair (T101 model 41)

1934 · Bent laminated beechwood and natural hemp webbing

31 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 28 3/8" (80 x 48.9 x 72.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vilstolen

1933 · Chair

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 17 catalogued · 15 with image

MoMA
6 publishedof 12 catalogued12 img
The Met
2 published
Victoria & Albert
2 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Victoria and Albert Museum

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition 20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

New York · 1958

Group Exhibition Modern Art in Your Life

New York · 1949

Group Exhibition Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

New York · 1946

Group Exhibition Design for Use

New York · 1944