Pair of Brutalist chairs; Basque Country, 1950s.

Pair of Brutalist chairs; Basque Country, 1950s.
Carved wood.
They bear traces of the original label.
Measurements: 95 x 38 x 38 (x2).
These three-legged Spanish Brutalist chairs clearly reflect the aesthetic trends that emerged in the Basque Country during the 1950s, where architecture, sculpture, and design shared a common language of formal austerity and structural rigor. Their structure, reduced to the essentials, the absence of ornamentation, and the prominence of the material point to a conception of the object as an autonomous and functional form. The pieces emphasize the formal balance characteristic of Basque Brutalism and stand as a solid and coherent example of design that transcends the utilitarian to engage in a dialogue with sculpture and contemporary space.