A TUBULAR STEEL SOFA
A TUBULAR STEEL SOFA

MARCEL BREUER, CIRCA 1927

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A TUBULAR STEEL SOFA
Marcel Breuer, Circa 1927
With a pivoting tubular metal backrest above tubular metal legs with black painted wood armrests and coil spring foundation
21in. (54cm.) high, 78in. (198cm.) wide, 29in. (75cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent

Lot Essay

According to Constance Breuer, this daybed/sofa, which was given by the designer to Xanti Schawinsky, a fellow Bauhaus artist and close friend of Marcel Breuer, is a prototype and an experimental model which was never put into production.

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