Michele De Lucchi
First Chair Prototype

First Chair Prototype
First Chair Prototype
First Chair Prototype
DesignerItalian, born 1951
CultureItalian
Titles
  • First Chair Prototype
Date1983
MediumPainted wood, metal, and rubber
Dimensions35 3/4 × 26 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (90.8 × 67.3 × 47 cm)
Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston
Object number2015.6
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
On view

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Provenance[Lorry Dudley, Grace Designs, Dallas, 1983]; [Lorry Dudley, The Modern Archive, Dallas]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Memphis/Milano" Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, November 17–February 3, 1985; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California, February 23–March 30, 1985; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 13–May 12, 1985; Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, June 15–August 1, 1985; Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 27–November 2, 1985; Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, November 16, 1985– January 4, 1986; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 24, 1985–January 4, 1986; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Design, New York, New York, January 21–April 13, 1986.

"Prototype/Production" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2016–April 30, 2017.
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