Chaise cassée

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Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.

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Chaise cassée canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monumental sculpture ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ
protest art ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
artworkType giant wooden chair ⓘ
associatedOrganization Handicap International ⓘ
associatedWithCampaign Convention on Cluster Munitions ⓘ
Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel mines ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Treaty
category Monuments and memorials in Geneva ⓘ
Outdoor sculptures in Switzerland ⓘ
Wooden sculptures ⓘ
cityLandmarkOf Geneva ⓘ
commissionedBy Handicap International ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
creator Daniel Berset ⓘ
depicts chair with a broken leg ⓘ
designer Daniel Berset ⓘ
EnglishTitle Broken Chair ⓘ
fabricator Louis Genève ⓘ
faces United Nations Office at Geneva ⓘ
linked to: UN Office at Geneva
genre peace monument ⓘ
political art ⓘ
hasPart one broken leg ⓘ
three intact legs ⓘ
hasTitle Broken Chair ⓘ
Chaise cassée ⓘ
height 12 metres ⓘ
39 feet ⓘ
inception 1997 ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Canton of Geneva ⓘ
linked to: canton of Geneva

Geneva ⓘ
location Place des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland ⓘ
materialUsed wood ⓘ
notableFor being one of Geneva’s most recognizable landmarks ⓘ
symbolizing civilian victims of war ⓘ
positionedInFrontOf Palace of Nations ⓘ
purpose raise awareness of victims of armed violence ⓘ
symbolize opposition to cluster munitions ⓘ
symbolize opposition to land mines ⓘ
reinstalled 2007 ⓘ
temporaryRemoval 2005 ⓘ
theme disarmament ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
victims of landmines ⓘ
unveiledOn 1997-08-18 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Broken Chair → titleInFrench → Chaise cassée ⓘ
subject linked to: Broken Chair sculpture