Butaque
1957 · Laminated wood and woven wicker
28 3/4 × 25 13/16 × 33 7/16" (73 × 65.6 × 84.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Clara Porset
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Prize Designs for Modern Furniture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
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Clara Porset was a Mexican designer and craftsperson active across furniture, textiles, and industrial design throughout the twentieth century. Working primarily in wood and natural fibers, she developed a modernist vocabulary rooted in pre-Columbian forms and Mexican vernacular traditions. Her practice bridged artisanal production and industrial manufacture, establishing a distinctive approach to design that valued material integrity and cultural specificity. Porset's work remains central to the development of Mexican modernism.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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