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Sixteen Foot Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Daybed from the IBM Building

$30,000per item

£22,860.56per item

€26,364.53per item

CA$42,608.97per item

A$45,780.97per item

CHF 24,561.40per item

MX$539,352.54per item

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About the Item

Here is an extraordinarily rare piece with fantastic provenance– this oversize version of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona daybed is 16 feet in length and custom fabricated of fiberglass and steel. You would not know that it is fiberglass without touching it. The level of detail and realism is stunning. It’s like an artwork using the principal of transference of material– when an object appears to be made of one expected material, but is really crafted of something totally different, often incongruent with one's expectations. The reason fiberglass was used to make this daybed is that it was created for use in the lobby of Mies van der Rohe’s IBM building at 330 N. Wabash in Chicago. Mies often specified that the public spaces in the buildings he designed be furnished with tables and seating also of his design. In the 1990s the owner of the IBM building hired Chicago designer Judy Niedermaier to decorate the public spaces. Having seen ordinary Barcelona chairs and sofas suffer the abuse of high-traffic spaces see with hundreds of people using them on a daily basis, she opted to something different that would hold up under extreme wear. Interestingly, this was not the first time Niedermaier employed fiberglass in her design work, nor would it be her last. Her firm had used fiberglass for store displays, pots and mannequins in some of their prop and merchandise display work, and then in the early 2000s with the famous downtown Chicago outdoor art projects “Cows on Parade” and “Suite Home Chicago” (fiberglass outdoor furniture custom decorated by artists). These daybeds could have been painted in colors that appear in a regular production daybed: black leather, brown wood and silver legs for an even greater trompe l’oeil effect. Rather, they are finished with a cold-cast bronze gelcoat. Perhaps a nod to the fact that the IBM building is not just a black steel high-rise, but is actually painted with a bronze-anodized aluminum. We have three of the daybeds available.

Similar to:
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Width: 193.5 in (491.49 cm)Depth: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)Seat Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)
Style:
International Style (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Fiberglass,Steel,Bronzed,Painted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1990-1999
Date of Manufacture:
20th Century
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Good original condition. Structurally sound with small scattered marks, dings and scuffs from use.
Seller Location:
Highland, IN
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU909123169362

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