Elephant Chair, 1966

DesignBernard Rancillac, Paris *1931

ManufacturerGalerie Michel Roudillon, Paris, founded 1957

Fiberglass, metal

(H x W x D)116 x 137 x 144 cm

Place of originFrance

Status

on display, room 029

About the workModelled on an elephant’s head, this is the only item of furniture created by the painter and sculptor Bernard Rancillac. The chair became famous thanks to an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1968 titled “Les assises du siège contemporain”, which focused on provocative furniture. In the early 1960s, Rancillac was one of the pioneers of French figurative art. He used objects, photos, press images and comic strips in his works that he reinterpreted in challenging ways, as he did with this elephant chair.

AccessionAcquisition 2018

Inventory numberP 2018-1

Design
Pop art

Contact

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