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"Bubbles" Chaise Longue, 1979-82, by Frank O Gehry.
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Designed for the Experimental Edges Series. Cardboard; 34 x 82 x 28 in. Manufacturer: New City Editions. Collection of Denver Art Museum; gift of J. Landis and Sharon S. Martin.

Born in Toronto, Canada in 1929, Gehry earned degrees from the University of Southern California and Harvard before opening his first practice, Frank O. Gehry and Associates, in 1967.

Gehry's buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the California Aerospace Museum in Los Angeles, and the Frederick Weisman Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Among other awards, he has received the 1989 Pritzker Prize, the 1998 National Medal of Arts Award, and the 2000 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.


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