Pratt Chair
Pratt Chair
1984 (made)
1984 (made)
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This chair is one of a series of nine, created by Pesce while teaching at the Pratt Institute, New York. Pesce injected urethane resin of incrementally increasing density into a single mould, resulting in a series of plastic forms. The difference in rigidity meant that the first was incapable of holding its own shape, to the last being so solid it was uncomfortable. The chair has an upredictable pattern of colour due to the injection process, and features images impressed into the mould's surface such as hands and a face. The colour, texture and ghostly images recalls the work of 1980s neo-Expressionists such as Julian Schnabel.
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Title | Pratt Chair (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Injection moulded urethane |
Brief description | Pratt Chair, designed by Gaetano Pesce, 1984 |
Physical description | Polychrome urethane chair |
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Summary | This chair is one of a series of nine, created by Pesce while teaching at the Pratt Institute, New York. Pesce injected urethane resin of incrementally increasing density into a single mould, resulting in a series of plastic forms. The difference in rigidity meant that the first was incapable of holding its own shape, to the last being so solid it was uncomfortable. The chair has an upredictable pattern of colour due to the injection process, and features images impressed into the mould's surface such as hands and a face. The colour, texture and ghostly images recalls the work of 1980s neo-Expressionists such as Julian Schnabel. |
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Accession number | W.8-2011 |
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Record created | July 12, 2011 |
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