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