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Pair of vintage red leather and walnut armchairs "Arcata" by Gae Aulenti, Italy 1968
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Gae Aulenti (1927-2012), "Arcata" model, Poltronova, walnut and burgundy leather. A set of two "Arcata" armchairs in red leather and walnut by Gae Aulenti, 1968. Bibliography: Giuliana Gramigna, 19501980 Repertorio, Milan, Editions Mondadori, 1985, p.264. Gae Aulenti (pronounced "ga e au'l nti"; December 4, 1927 - October 31, 2012) was a prolific Italian architect, whose work spans industrial and exhibition design, furniture, graphics, set design, lighting, and interior architecture. 1 She was well known for several large-scale museum projects, including the Musée d'Orsay in Paris (1980-86) with ACT Architecture, the Contemporary Art Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the restoration of Palazzo Grassi in Venice (1985-86), and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco with HOK (firm) (2000-2003). Aulenti was one of the few women designers in the post-war period in Italy, where Italian designers sought to make meaningful connections with production principles beyond Italy. 2 This avant-garde design movement blossomed into an entirely new type of Italian architecture, full of imagined utopias leaving standardization in the past. Aulenti's deep involvement in the Milanese design scene of the 1950s and 1960s made her a respected architect for her analytical abilities to navigate metropolitan complexity in any medium. Her conceptual development can be followed in the design journal Casabella, to which she was a regular contributor. 2 Her contemporaries were Vittorio Gregotti, Giancarlo de Carlo and Aldo Rossi.Materials:Walnut and Burgundy leatherW 61 cm, D 75 cm, H 94 cm, SH 45 cm
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ConditionGoodHeight94 cmWidth61 cmDepth75 cm