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80s Mario Botta Vintage Alias 602 Seconda Chair Black Steel Seat, Grey Frame

About the Item

Italian Postmodern 1980s "Seconda" 602 Chair by Mario Botta for Alias. Features a painted steel perforated black seat, and a black backrest made up of two simple cylindrical elements upholstered in black polyurethane, that roll!! The frame is a stunning and unobtrusive light grey lacquered steel. Very sturdy and in excellent condition throughout! Marked "Alias" Made in Italy. Authentic Vintage piece. See image 7 here. Born in Mendrisio in 1943, Mario Botta graduated from the University of Venice, where he worked with Le Corbusier and Luis Kahn. He taught and carried out research in Europe, Asia and the US. He has been working with Alias since 1982. For them he designed two of his most famous chairs seconda and quinta – now on show at the MoMA. An award-winning architect, he has published several works, and in 1996 founded the Academy of Swiss Architecture. He lives and works in Lugano. Fun fact, Mario Botta designed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SFMOMA building, which is a Striped Stunner! 71cm Overall Height / 28" 56.5 Overall Depth / 22.25" 52cm Overall Width / 20.5 65cm Armrest Height / 25.6" 46.5cm Seat Height / 18.3" 50cm Seat Depth / 19.68" 38.5cm Seat Width / 15.15" Additional Information: Material: Textured lacquered steel, steel Frame finish: Black (A009) Dimensions: 52 W x 58 D x 72 H cm Seat height: 46 H cm

Creator:

Mario Botta (Designer),Alias (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)Depth: 22.25 in (56.52 cm)Seat Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)

Style:

Post-Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Metal,Steel,Upholstery

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1980-1989

Date of Manufacture:

ca 1980

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Excellent condition throughout.

Seller Location:

Basel, CH

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU7344237188302

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Mario Botta

Swiss architect Mario Botta may be renowned for his impressive postmodern architecture projects such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, but the chairs, lighting and other furniture he created reflect a mastery of geometrically rich forms and an elegant application of simple symmetry.

Born in Mendrisio, Switzerland, in 1943, Botta gained an interest in architecture at an early age. He apprenticed at the architectural firm Carloni and Camenisch and designed his first building — a two-family house at Morbis Superiore in Ticino — at age 16. During the early 1960s, Botta attended the Liceo Artistico in Milan and then studied at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice under art historian Giuseppe Mazzariol and influential Italian architect Carlo Scarpa.

While studying in Venice, Botta worked for Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier — whose career spanned hundreds of architecture projects — and gained inspiration from Estonian-American architect Louis Kahn, who was known for his modern and brutalist architectural style. In 1969, Botta completed his studies and established his practice in Lugano, designing and building single-family homes.

Throughout the 1970s, Botta gained fame for his innovative, geometrical designs and deceptively simple forms, such as his first large-scale building project in 1977 — the Middle School in Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland. Botta later established himself as one of the masters of 1980s postmodern design in his architecture and his furniture. His postmodern ideas characterize the dining room tables and seating he designed for companies such as Alias, as well as his table lamps and floor lamps for Artemide.

Botta’s noteworthy architectural projects designed during the 1990s and 2000s include the Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center in Tel Aviv, Israel; the Monastery of the Holy Apostles Saint Peter and Andrew in Lviv, Ukraine; and the Theater of Architecture in Mendrisio, in 2018.

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