Armchair

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet

ca. 1902–4 · Walnut · Modern and Contemporary Art

Gaudí's organic, highly decorated architecture and interiors transformed turn-of-the-century Barcelona. The fluid curves of his designs may bear a superficial resemblance to those of Art Nouveau, but they have a vigor all their own. Rather than recalling plant forms, Gaudí's furniture at its most bizarre, such as this chair, suggests the stance of predatory insects.

Artist

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet

Date

ca. 1902–4

Medium

Walnut

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Joseph H. Hazen Foundation Inc. Gift, 1974