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PAIR OF STOOLS AS « X » CA/1973 

THIS PAIR OF STOOLS AS "X" BY YONEL LEBOVICI, EXEMPLIFIES HIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO DESIGN. THE STOOLS FEATURE A STRIKING "X" SILHOUETTE, WHERE THE FORM SERVES BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND AESTHETIC PURPOSES. MADE FROM POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL, THE STOOLS BOAST A SLEEK, REFLECTIVE SURFACE THAT ENHANCES THEIR SCULPTURAL PRESENCE, CREATING A BOLD VISUAL IMPACT.

THE DESIGN’S CLEAN LINES AND MINIMALIST STRUCTURE EVOKE A SENSE OF MODERNITY AND TIMELESSNESS, WHILE THE RIDGED TEXTURE ON THE SEATS ADDS A SUBTLE LAYER OF DEPTH AND INTRIGUE. THE "X" BASE IS NOT ONLY STRUCTURALLY EFFICIENT BUT ALSO VISUALLY CAPTIVATING, EMBODYING THE SPIRIT OF GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION AND RADICAL DESIGN THAT DEFINED THE 1970S AVANT-GARDE MOVEMENT.

LEBOVICI’S WORK IS KNOWN FOR ITS PLAYFUL YET ELEGANT APPROACH, AND THIS PAIR OF STOOLS IS NO EXCEPTION. THE REFLECTIVE METAL SURFACE ENGAGES WITH LIGHT, GIVING THE STOOLS A DYNAMIC QUALITY, WHILE THEIR FORM SUGGESTS BOTH STABILITY AND MOVEMENT. THESE PIECES SERVE AS FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS AND ARTFUL STATEMENTS, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FURNITURE AND SCULPTURE, MAKING THEM A FITTING ADDITION TO ANY CONTEMPORARY SPACE.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER

YONEL LEBOVICI WAS A FRENCH DESIGNER AND SCULPTOR RENOWNED FOR HIS INVENTIVE AND WHIMSICAL CREATIONS THAT BLURRED THE LINES BETWEEN ART AND FUNCTIONALITY. AFTER EARNING A DIPLOMA IN AERONAUTICS IN 1955, HE PURSUED STUDIES IN DRAWING AT LA GRANDE CHAUMIÈRE AND LATER ATTENDED THE ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS APPLIQUÉS AND THE ÉCOLE DES ARTS ET MÉTIERS IN PARIS....  

IN 1962, LEBOVICI JOINED THE STUDIO OF SERGE MANSAU, WHERE HE HONED HIS SKILLS IN GLASSBLOWING. BY 1965, HE CREATED ONE OF HIS EARLIEST NOTABLE WORKS, THE AQUARIOPHILE TABLE. FOUR YEARS LATER, HE ESTABLISHED HIS OWN SCULPTURE STUDIO IN PARIS, PRODUCING HIS FIRST LUMINOUS ARTWORKS WITH THE SUPPORT OF INDUSTRIALIST PHILIPPE LHOTELLIER. 

LEBOVICI’S DESIGNS OFTEN TRANSFORMED EVERYDAY OBJECTS INTO “FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURES,” INFUSING THEM WITH HUMOR AND INNOVATION. HIS FASCINATION WITH PERPETUAL MOTION LED TO CREATIONS LIKE THE “SATELLITE” AND “SOUCOUPE” LAMPS, REFLECTING INFLUENCES FROM ARTISTS SUCH AS CALDER AND TINGUELY. 

IN 1972, HE OPENED THE GALLERY “FORMES ET COULEURS” IN PARIS, SHOWCASING HIS CREATIONS ALONGSIDE ECLECTIC OBJECTS SOURCED FROM FLEA MARKETS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HE CO-FOUNDED THE GROUP MOB 6 WITH FELLOW DESIGNERS, INCLUDING FRANÇOIS ARNAL AND MICHEL BOYER. 

LEBOVICI’S WORK GAINED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, WITH EXHIBITIONS AT VENUES LIKE THE MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS AND THE CENTRE POMPIDOU. HIS PIECES ARE PART OF PERMANENT COLLECTIONS IN INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE FONDS NATIONAL D’ART CONTEMPORAIN AND THE MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS IN PARIS. 

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, LEBOVICI REMAINED DEDICATED TO CREATING LIMITED, NUMBERED SERIES OF HIS WORKS, EMPHASIZING ARTISTIC INTEGRITY OVER MASS PRODUCTION. HIS LEGACY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE, CELEBRATED FOR ITS ORIGINALITY AND PLAYFUL REINTERPRETATION OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS. READ MORE↓ MEASUREMENTS

43 x 40 x 41 CM

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POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL AND INFLATABLE PLASTIC SEAT
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