“Mies” Armchair and Footrest

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Designer Archizoom Associati(Italian, active 1966–1974)Italian, active 1966–1974

ManufacturerFor Design Centre(Italian, active possibly 1967–1979)Italian, active possibly 1967–1979

ManufacturerManufactured by Poltronova(Italian, established 1957)Italian, established 1957

CultureItalian

Titles

“Mies” Armchair and Footrest

DateDesigned 1969

MediumChromed metal, rubber, horse hair and bulbs

DimensionsOverall (.A): 31 1/2 × 29 1/8 × 51 9/16 in. (80 × 74 × 131 cm)
Overall (.B): 11 3/4 × 41 × 8 in. (29.8 × 104.1 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Dennis Freedman Collection, gift of Dennis Freedman

Object number2018.497.A,.B

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Dennis Freedman Collection of Italian Radical Design

Object Type

FURNITURE

ProvenanceDennis Freedman Collection, New York; given to MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, the Dennis Freedman Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 14–November 29, 2020; Yale School of Architecture Gallery, New Haven, February 21–July 8, 2022.
Published References Ambasz, Emilio, ed. Italy: The New Domestic Landscape. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1972. Aureli, Pier Vittorio. “More Money / Less Work: Archizoom.” In The Italian Avant-Garde, 1968–1970, 147–64. Berlin: Sternberg, 2013. Didero, Maria Chrsitina, and Evan Snyderman. Superdesign: Italian Radical Design, 1965–1975. New York: Monacelli, 2017. Stauffer, Marie Theres. “Utopian Reflections, Reflected Utopias: Urban Designs by Archizoom and Superstudio.” AA Files, no. 47 (Summer 2002): 23–36. Woerton, Sander. “The Distant Winking of a Star, or the Horror of the Real.” In Exit Utopia: Architectural Provocations, 1956–76, 146–51. Munich: Prestel, 2005. Arista, Francesca Balena, and Centro Studi Poltronova Archive. Poltronova Backstage: Archizoom, Sottsass and Superstudio, the Radical Era 1962–1972. Miami: Fortino, 2016. Santini, Pier Carlo. Facendo mobili: Con Archizoom, Asti, Aulenti, Ceroli, De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi, Ernst, Fini, Mangiarotti, Marotta, Mendini, Michelucci, Nespolo, Portoghesi, Ruffi, Sottsass, Superstudio, Vignelli (Building Furniture: With Archizoom, Asti, Aukenti, Ceroli, De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi, Ernst, Fini, Mangiarotti, Marotta, Mendini, Michelucci, Nespolo, Portoghesi, Ruffi, Sottsass, Superstudio, Vignelli). Florence: Artigraf, 1996. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Footrest: label "modernariato"

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