Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966
A37: California Hallway, c. 1940
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Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966c. 1940
A37: California Hallway, c. 1940
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966 →Art Decominiaturethorne rooms
Date
c. 1940
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 35.2 × 42.2 × 50.2 cm (13 7/8 × 16 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Narcissa Thorne was primarily interested in historic interiors, but she also recognized the groundbreaking importance of Modernist architecture. This miniature room is one of the few in which she explored the elegant restraint of contemporary design. She took the extraordinary step here of commissioning original, tiny paintings from renowned Cubist artists Fernand Léger and Amadée Ozenfant, as well as a studio pottery piece by Gertrud Natzler.
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