Harvard Art Museums > 1999.272: Chaise Longue Furniture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Chaise Longue (Marcel Breuer) , 1999.272,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/188998. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.272 People Marcel Breuer, American (Pecs, Hungary 1902 - 1981 New York, N.Y., USA) Title Chaise Longue Other Titles Alternate Title: Isokon Long Chair Classification Furniture Work Type chair Date 1936 Culture British, English Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/188998 Physical Descriptions Medium Bent laminated birch veneers, bent plywood Dimensions sight: 77.5 x 130 x 61.5 cm (30 1/2 x 51 3/16 x 24 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, unknown, sale to BRM, 1999. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Claudia Oetker and Liliane Soriano, and Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.272 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), pp. 112-113, ill. (b/w) Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 100 Exhibition History A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000 Marcel Breuer: A Special Installation of 1930s Furniture, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 08/10/2002 - 11/02/2003 Design~Recline: Modern Architecture and the Mid-Century Chaise Longue, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/20/2004 - 07/11/2004 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
