Clara Porset, Xavier Guerrero
Entry Panel for MoMA Latin American Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings
c.1940
Gouache on board
Not on view
This design was part of a project submitted to MoMA’s Latin American Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings. The furniture was to be made of pine with webbing of ixtle–a plant fiber available in Mexico–on the cot and chair. The wall case has jute screening in the sliding doors and at the end. This competition design was developed to furnish the Coyoacán housing project for Mexican farm families in 1947. Porset was not recognized at the time this entry was submitted but has since been credited for the design alongside Guerrero.
How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior, October 1, 2016–April 23, 2017.
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Clara Porset
Mexican, born Cuba. 1895–1981 4 works onlineA design trailblazer, Clara Porset challenged social norms of her era and transformed everyday items into objects of art. Born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1895, Porset spent significant periods of her life in Mexico, where she is now hailed as a cornerstone figure in Mexican design .
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