Mid-century Moderncat: LIFE Magazine, 1950

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Mid-century Moderncat

EamesCatChair

This wonderful photo was taken in August 1950 by LIFE Magazine staff photographer Peter Stackpole. It’s part of the LIFE Magazine photo archive hosed on Google. You can purchase a framed print for $89.99.

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5 Responses to “Mid-century Moderncat: LIFE Magazine, 1950”

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    jmuhj

    Ah, those simpler, more stylish times. We’d love the print, but what we really crave is the CHAIR. ;)

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    Little Doll

    True, sixty years later, finding one of those chairs in good condition would be a real jackpot! But, what a sweet and creative idea of the artist, a simple line drawing of a cat in repose, curved into the chair.

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