Andrée Putman
French minimalist of the black-and-white era
Late 20th Century · 1978–2013 · Paris, France
Signature styles
- French Minimalism
- Black-and-White
- Restrained Glamour
Profile
Andrée Putman founded Ecart in 1978 and reissued forgotten French modernist furniture by Eileen Gray, Mariano Fortuny, and Pierre Chareau. She decorated Morgans Hotel in New York in 1984 — black-and-white checkerboard bathrooms, slate-gray walls — launching the boutique-hotel category.
Visual language
Black-and-white checkerboard, slate-gray walls, reissued French modernist furniture, restraint.
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