The Chair of the Architect, 2019
Created on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the furniture company Thonet.
A Rug (blue, New Zealand sheep wool), 200 × 200 cm or 200 × 300 cm (78½ x 78½ or 78½ x 118 in), with Thonet Chair 209 in natural wood. Edition of 5, signed and numbered.
B Rug (gray, New Zealand sheep wool), 200 × 200 cm or 200 x 300 cm (78½ x 78½ or 78½ x 118 in), with Thonet Chair 209 painted gray. Edition of 5, signed and numbered.
Merz celebrates rational beauty in art and design with the T-square emblem and refers to the aesthetic settings of Le Corbusier, who included chair 209 as his own in his art and architecture.
"Art provides the chance to think about what life should be and not about what life actually is." – Gerhard Merz
