Drawing, Design for an Armchair and Chair for the Swedish Pavilion, Paris Exposition of 1925

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1922–24

graphite and color pencil on beige tracing paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A design drawing shows two chairs, one in profile with red and blue coloring, and another in elevation. Several smaller sketches of decorative elements and abstract patterns are also present. A design drawing shows two chairs, one in profile with red and blue coloring, and another in elevation. Several smaller sketches of decorative elements and abstract patterns are also present. Design includes a side view of a curved red chair on the left and a frontal view of the chair on the right in graphite. Both are drawn on top of a thin horizontal line. Verso: a group of interlocking "I" shapes on the bottom left and a smaller group of interlocking "T" shapes on the bottom right. Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John E. Parsons and Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt