Barwa Chair
<p>This lightweight chaise features a novel, angled tubular aluminum frame that enables the user to move from a seated to a reclining position with just a slight shift of body weight. First produced in 1947 by Bartolucci and Waldheim, graduates of the Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design, the chair quickly became associated with a new ideal of postwar leisure in the United States. This innovative design is a low-cost adaption of modernist experimentation with the lounge chair for a new suburban context.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1950
- Medium
- Aluminum and canvas
- Dimensions
- 104 × 129.5 × 51 cm (41 × 51 × 20 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Edgar Bartolucci
Artist
Drawing
Edgar Bartolucci
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Barwa Next Generation Sketch
1955 · Ballpoint pen and black ink and yellow porous-pointed pen on cream wove tracing paper
Barwa Next Generation Sketch
1950 · Ballpoint pen and black ink with touches of graphite on cream wove tracing paper
Sedlachek House Perspective
1949 · Pen and black ink and graphite on tan wove tracing paper
Sedlachek House Perspective
1949 · Pen and black ink and graphite on tan wove tracing paper
Sedlachek House Perspective
1949 · Pen and black ink and graphite on tan wove tracing paper
Barwa Lounge Chair
1946 · Aluminum and upholstery
Record
Verified by Watts Index- Artist
- Edgar Bartolucci
- Year
- 1950
- Medium
- Aluminum and canvas
- Dimensions
- 104 × 129.5 × 51 cm (41 × 51 × 20 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1950-134835
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified