Broken Chair sculpture (nearby at Place des Nations)

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The Broken Chair sculpture is a monumental wooden artwork in Geneva symbolizing opposition to landmines and cluster munitions, prominently installed at Place des Nations near the United Nations offices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public artwork ⓘ
wooden sculpture ⓘ
associatedOrganization Cluster Munition Coalition ⓘ
International Campaign to Ban Landmines ⓘ
associatedTreaty Ottawa Treaty ⓘ
city Geneva ⓘ
commissionedBy Handicap International ⓘ
commissionedForEvent Ottawa Treaty signing campaign ⓘ
coordinateLocation 46.2236° N, 6.1400° E ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
creator Daniel Berset ⓘ
dateOfInstallation 1997-08-18 ⓘ
depicts wooden chair with a broken leg ⓘ
designer Daniel Berset ⓘ
fabricator Louis Genève atelier ⓘ
linked to: Louis Genève
genre political art ⓘ
protest art ⓘ
hasPart one shattered leg ⓘ
three intact legs ⓘ
height 12 metres ⓘ
39 feet ⓘ
inception 1997 ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
location Canton of Geneva ⓘ
linked to: canton of Geneva

Geneva ⓘ
Place des Nations ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
material Douglas fir ⓘ
wood ⓘ
near Palace of Nations ⓘ
United Nations Office at Geneva ⓘ
linked to: UN Office at Geneva
notableFor being a symbol of the international campaign to ban landmines ⓘ
its location facing the United Nations in Geneva ⓘ
numberOfLegsIntact 3 ⓘ
owner City of Geneva ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
purpose to symbolize opposition to cluster munitions ⓘ
to symbolize opposition to landmines ⓘ
sponsor Handicap International ⓘ
subject victims of cluster munitions ⓘ
victims of landmines ⓘ
theme anti-landmine campaign ⓘ
disarmament ⓘ
typeOfStructure outdoor sculpture ⓘ
yearOfCreation 1997 ⓘ

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