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In the 1960\u2019s, BERNARD QUENTIN<\/strong> creates his first inflatable sculptures (Cybules)<\/em><\/strong>after having realized that a 20th century artist should work with new materials of his time and try, with his vision of the world, to maybe modify it or create objects at an industrial scale. He will be the first designer to conceive inflatable armchairs<\/strong>, they will be shown in 1963 by the Iris Clert gallery<\/strong> in Paris during an exhibition that had futuristic ambitions (the sitting room of the year 2104<\/em>), then at the New York international fair<\/em><\/strong> of 1964 before being mass produced by Plasteco Milano in Italy. In the process Bernard Quentin designed a set of inflatable architectures, cars and furniture including the\u201cCroissant\u201d (Half-Moon) Armchair<\/em><\/strong>released by Printemps which had been chosen to dress the bar of the French Pavilion at the Montreal Universal Exhibition in 1967<\/em><\/strong>before joining the collections of the Center Pompidou<\/strong>. Bernard Quentin has always had the ambition to make art accessible to everybody, his works such as this \u201ccroissant\u201d (Half Moon) armchair<\/em> is in perfect accordance with the Art For All<\/strong> concept. It\u2019s very natural that these inflatable pieces joined the Art For All collection, especially as it symbolizes a historic turning point in the democratization not only of art but also of contemporary design<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Collection of Centre Pompidou (2007)<\/a> & Mus\u00e9e national d\u2019art moderne<\/a>
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Exhibition<\/strong>
\nPresentation of the permanent collections (contemporary collections), National Museum of Modern Art , Paris, France, 01 April 2007 \u2013 01 April 2009
\nBuilding the air: M\u00e1laga, Center Pompidou M\u00e1laga, Spain, 8 November 2018-10 February
\nNew waves: Toulon, Cercle naval de Toulon, France, June 27, 2019 \u2013 November 24, 2019<\/div>\n

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Edition \u201cART FOR ALL\u201d by Galerie Loft Paris
\n1963 \u2013 Ed. 2019
\nInflatable PVC furniture
\nColored PVC
\nEdition of 600 copies
\nH. 60 cm x D.100 cm
\nH. of the seat : 30 cm
\nTitled, signed, dated and numbered
\nDim. of the box : H.24 x L. 43 x D. 14 cm
\nInflate & Deflate Electric Air Pump inclus (230V, Type C)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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