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75
Art. 769 ⁄ 5 ⁄ 6 ⁄ 7 ⁄ 12
Designed by Eero Saarinen (1956)
Art. 769 ⁄ 5
L ⁄ W 198 H 74 P ⁄ D 121 cm
Art. 769 ⁄ 6
L ⁄ W 244 H 74 P ⁄ D 137 cm
Art. 769 ⁄ 7
L ⁄ W 235 H 74 P ⁄ D 122 cm
Art. 769 ⁄ 12
L ⁄ W 180 H 74 P ⁄ D 105 cm
W 78” H 29,1” D 47,6”
W 96” H 29,1” D 53,9”
W 92,5” H 29,1” D 48”
W 70,9” H 29,1” D 41,3”
Art. 769 ⁄ 5 ⁄ 6 ⁄ 7 ⁄ 12: Tavolo ovale con piedistallo in fusione di alluminio laccato.
Piano in marmo o laccato antigraffio. ⁄ Art. 769 ⁄ 5 ⁄ 6 ⁄ 7 ⁄ 12: Oval table with painted
cast aluminium pedestal. Top in marble or scratchproof lacquered.
Mvsevm
Cat. Tavolo ⁄ Table
Mvsevm
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen, the son of the famous architect and the first president of the
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eliel Saarinen, was born in Helsinki, and moved to the
United States in 1923. He studied sculpture at the Académe de la Grande Cheumiere
in Paris (1929 ⁄ 30) and subsequently architecture at Yale University in New Haven
(Connecticut), from where he graduated in 1934. He went to Europe in 1934 ⁄ 35 on
a scholarship awarded by this same university. On his return he began teaching at
the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He worked together with Charles Eames in 1937,
on the design of a series of modern furnishings that were presented and awarded
prizes at the “Organic Design in Home Furnituring” competition, organized in 1940
by the Modern Art Museum of New York. He subsequently designed several other
pieces of furniture with the greatest success. He worked in his father’s architectural
studio, until his father’s death in. His most famous architectural project remains
the TWA terminal of the J.F. Kennedy airport in New York.
1910
Kirkkonummi, Finland
1961
Ann Arbor, USA
English
EERO SAARINEN
Eero Saarinen è figlio del celebre architetto e primo presidente
della Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eliel Saarinen. Nato a Helsinki,
si trasferisce nel 1923 negli Stati Uniti. Studia scultura all’Académe
de la Grande Cheumiere di Parigi (1929 ⁄ 30) e poi architettura
alla Yale University a New Haven (Connecticut), laureandosi nel
1934. Con una borsa di studio della stessa università va in Europa
nel 1934 ⁄ 35. Al suo ritorno inizia l’insegnamento alla Cranbrook
Academy of Art. Nel 1937 collabora con Charles Eames, con cui
progetta una serie di mobili d’avanguardia presentati e premiati
al concorso “Organic Design in Home Furnituring”, organizzato
nel 1940 dal Museum of Modern Art di New York. Lavora nello
studio d’architettura del padre fino alla morte di questi, avvenuta
nel 1950. Il suo progetto architettonico più rilevante è il terminal
della compagnia TWA all’aeroporto J.F. Kennedy di New York.
