Cat. № POSTER-156 · Archive reference image
Design Objects № 156
Der Unbekannte: Porcelain Figure
Available · one owner onlyArchive note
A monochromatic porcelain figurine of an anonymous man in sunglasses and tailored suit, posed at a synthesizer keyboard beneath a floating rectangular void. Recovered from a 1960s German design catalog or museum exhibition, this artifact documents an imagined modernist sculpture series exploring the intersection of consumer culture, electronic music, and post-war anonymity. The text—'Der Unbekannte. Silikone aus Porzellan. Frühe 60er' (The Unknown. Silicone from Porcelain. Early 60s)—suggests a collector's edition of mass-produced art objects that were either never manufactured or swiftly forgotten. Appeals to historians of Bauhaus inheritance, speculative design, and lost Cold War cultural movements.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
1536 × 2752 px · 4.2 MP · portrait
- Section
- Design Objects
- Style
- Modernist sculpture photograph, monochromatic porcelain
- Mood
- austere, uncanny, suspended
- Palette
- cream, teal, gray
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