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Verner Panton

Artist

WA-00028825

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ510955 ULAN500115239

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970–1971

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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967–1968

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4485
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Verner Panton was a Danish designer and architect who pioneered the integration of bold color, synthetic materials, and sculptural form into furniture and interior spaces during the postwar period. Working across plastic, molded fiberglass, and vibrant textiles, he rejected functionalist restraint in favor of sensory immersion and playful spatial invention. His stackable plastic chairs and modular seating systems became foundational to 1960s and 1970s design. Panton's environments dissolved boundaries between furniture, architecture, and art, creating total design schemes that prioritized human experience over dogma.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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

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Artworks (15)

Unisol

2002 · Rayon, cotton, polyester upholstery

640 × 140 cm (252 × 55 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spectrum textile

1974 · Printed cotton

91 × 90" (231.1 × 228.6 cm)

Spectrum textile

1974 · Printed cotton

91 × 90" (231.1 × 228.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stacking Side Chair

1973 · Injection molded plastic

83.9 × 49.6 × 57.2 cm (33 × 19 1/2 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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"Mira-Spectrum" Textile

1970 · Printed cotton

82 1/8 × 94 1/2 in. (208.6 × 240 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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VP Globe Lamp

1970 · Acrylic plastic and aluminum

.1: 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 15 5/8" (39.7 x 39.7 x 39.7 cm) .2: 14 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 15 5/8" (36.5 x 36.5 x 39.7 cm) .3: 13 3/8 x 13 3/8 x 15 5/8" (33.9 x 33.9 x 39.7 cm)

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Nesting Stool-Tables

1966 · Plywood

.1: 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 15 5/8" (39.7 x 39.7 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Panton Chair

1960 · Chair

Victoria and Albert Museum

Panton Chair

1960 · Chair

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Stacking Side Chair

1960 · Luran-S plastic (acrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile)

32 5/8 in. × 19 in. × 21 3/4 in. (82.9 × 48.3 × 55.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stacking Side Chair

1959 · Fiber-reinforced plastic and synthetic polymer paint

32 x 19 1/4 x 23 3/4" (81.3 x 48.9 x 60.3 cm)

Stacking Side Chair

1959 · Fiber-reinforced plastic and synthetic polymer paint

32 x 19 1/4 x 23 3/4" (81.3 x 48.9 x 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Stacking Side Chair

1959 · Polyurethane plastic

32 1/8 x 19 1/4 x 22 5/8" (81.6 x 48.9 x 57.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"Cone" Chair

1950 · Stainless steel, foam rubber, wool, and plastic

33 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 24 1/2 in. (84.5 × 59.1 × 62.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

15 published of 17 catalogued · 9 with image

MoMA
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The Met
3 published
Victoria & Albert
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Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Stacking Side Chair
1959 · MoMA · 1 prov
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Spectrum textile
1974 · MoMA · 1 prov
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Nesting Stool-Tables
1966 · MoMA · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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

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In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Phillips

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

New York · 1970

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

New York · 1967