MASP AUDITORIUM CHAIR

Lina Bo Bardi

YEAR: 1948/2015
DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 46 x 58.5 x 87.5cm
FINISH: Leather
TIMBER: Cedar, Freijo, Imbuia, Sucupira
WARRANTY: 1 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks

Handmade to order. Re-edited by ETEL. Embedded with a seal certifying its authenticity by Instituto Bardi and part of the ETEL collection.

Bo Bardi created this chair for the auditorium of the MASP Museum (São Paulo Museum of Art). Inspired by circus chairs, this is considered to be one of the first modernist chairs designed in Brazil, a break from the designs prior to World War 2. Foldable and stackable.

LINA BO BARDI

1914 - 1992

Italian-born, Bo Bardi studied under radical Italian architects but became intrigued with modern Brazilian architecture. In October 1946 Bo Bardi and her husband moved to South America.  She found in São Paulo a fertile home for her modernist style of architecture in the 1950s and 1970s. 

She designed many buildings that would become architectural landmarks, including the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (MAM-BA), the Sesc Pompeia complex and her own Casa de Vidro (Glass House), which currently houses the Institute named after her.

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