RATIONALIST BENCH

Material: Oak wood

Origin: France, circa 1960

Measurements: 61 cm long x 36 cm wide x 37 cm high

This bench perfectly illustrates the Japonizing trend that influenced late rationalism from the 1950s onwards; in parallel with the discovery of Zen by American expressionist painting, avant-garde architecture and design were imbued with Japanese influences to give emotion to the voids of minimalist purification.