José Zanine Caldas Namoradeira
Price on request
Historical Design
late 1970s
Pequi Wood
111 x 78 x 107 cm
43.7 x 30.7 x 42.1 in
This Namoradeira model is extremely rare. The assembly process is different from the others as it is intended to include varied wood waste from the forest. It shows Caldas’ research into wood and engineering through different shapes. Very few examples of this process are known.
Literature:
M.C. Loschiavo Dos Santos, L. Cavalcanti, A.P. de Carvalho et al., Olhares & R & Company (ed.), José Zanine Caldas, São Paulo, New York 2020, p. 160, 163, 226, 260, 261, 262, 263.
S. F. da Silva, Livraria Agir Editora (ed.), Zanine, Sentir e Fazer : Feeling and Doing, Rio de Janeiro 1988, fig. 40.
L.A. Magnani, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (ed.), Ver Zanine, Rio de Janeiro 2003, pp. 30-31.
M. Guy, Y. Brunhammer, G. Boudon, R. Pontual, Zanine, L'architecte et la forêt, Paris 1989, p. 7.
Artist
José Zanine Caldas
José Zanine Caldas (1919-2001) was a self-taught artist, designer and architect from Belmonte, Brazil.
For over 10 years he ran a workshop specialising in architectural scale models, where he developed over 500 models for top Brazilian architects including Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa. In 1949, Caldas created the Fábrica Moveis Artísticos Z to produce standardised plywood furniture for a wider public.
