Designed by Architect Josep Torres Clavé in 1934. The armchair was used to furnish the Pavilion of the Spanish Republic at the International Exposition in Paris in 1937, together with works as Picasso’s Guernica, Alexander Calder and Joan Miró.
This chair was manufactured in Spain around the 1970's
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In excellent vintage condition
A Spanish architect and designer, Josep Torres began his career with architects José Luis Sert and Antoni Bonet, with whom he founded MIDVA ("Mobles i Decoració per a la Vivenda Actual"). In 1930, after completing his studies, he was one of the founding members of GATEPAC (Grupo de Artistas y Técnicos Españoles para el Progreso de la Arquitectura Contemporánea), the Spanish branch of the International Congress of Modern Architecture, whose aim was to promote the rationalist style in Spanish architecture. Torres developed an important work of diffusion and criticism through the magazine "A.C.. Documentos de Actividad Contemporánea", which made artists such as Le Corbusier and Mues Van der Rohe known. He was also director of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona during the Civil War. Among his most important works are the Dispensario Antituberculoso del Raval de Barcelona (1936) and the Ciutat de Repòs i Vacances de Castelldefls (1932). His legacy also includes pieces of rationalist furniture, such as his famous armchair with a bulrush back and a floor lamp, pieces designed for his family circle.
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