After MARCEL BREUER (Hungary, 1902 - United States,... Lot 13

After MARCEL BREUER (Hungary, 1902 - United States, 1981). Pair of "Wassily" armchairs, 1960s-70s. Steel and black leather. Good general state of preservation. Measurements: 73 x 78 x 66 cm. Following models by Marcel Breuer. Large armchair with a light, sober and functional structure, based on chromed steel tubes that intertwine to support the upholstered elements (seat, backrest and armrests). Marcel Breuer was a Hungarian architect and designer, one of the main masters of the Modern Movement, who was very interested in modular construction and simple forms. He studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar at the time when it was directed by Walter Gropius, and later took charge of the furniture workshop there. There he designed the B3 chair, later known as the Wassily chair, made in 1925, the first tubular steel chair in history, which combined the flexible conditions of this material with its ease of large-scale industrial production. Breuer remained at the Bauhaus until 1928, when he settled in Berlin to devote himself to architecture. However, with the rise of Nazism he had to leave Germany, owing to his Jewish origin, and moved first to England in 1933 and later to the United States, where he lived for the rest of his life from 1937 onwards. Today his furniture designs form part of the most important collections in the world, including the MoMA in New York and the Victoria & Albert in London.