"Modulo" Low Table

"Modulo" Low Table

Oscar NiemeyerWW-1978-M112418
1978·Painted plywood and steel·9 1/2 x 75 3/4 x 19 3/4" (24.1 x 192.4 x 50.2 cm)

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Year
1978
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 75 3/4 x 19 3/4" (24.1 x 192.4 x 50.2 cm)

Artist

Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect and designer whose modernist structures introduced curved, flowing forms derived from the landscape of Rio de Janeiro and the human body. Working primarily in reinforced concrete, he developed a vocabulary of bold sculptural volumes and open public spaces that rejected the orthogonal rigidity of early modernism. His political commitment to communism shaped both his aesthetic philosophy and his urban interventions, from residential complexes to monumental civic buildings. Niemeyer's formal innovations influenced postwar architecture across Latin America and Europe, establishing concrete as a material of expressive, humanistic possibility rather than mere utility.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Year
1978
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 75 3/4 x 19 3/4" (24.1 x 192.4 x 50.2 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1978-M112418

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Oscar Niemeyer

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