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TitleEskimåerindens skinnbyxa

Creator nameAalto, Alvar

Creator nationality/cultureFinnish

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1936

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsDrawing, FinnishOrganic designModernism (Art)

Statusentry for a glass-design competition organized in 1936

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Chapter 7: Organic Lines

Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen

Alvar Aalto: Architecture, Modernity, and Geopolitics

A postcard from Aalto to Walter Gropius (1883–1969) in October 1930 contained a curious reference to his countrymen: “We are eagerly looking forward to our ‘next visit with the Gropiuses...

Author

Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.143-157

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00347.8

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23391&redirecttoanchor=93164

Chapter subject tags:Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976Architect-designed furniture--20th centuryArchitecture, Modern--20th centuryMoholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969Organic design--20th century

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