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"Architettura" Cabinet

A work made of screen-printed wood and metal.

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  • A work made of screen-printed wood and metal.

Date:

1955/65

Artist:

Designed by Piero Fornasetti
Italian, 1913-1988
Designed by Gio Ponti
Italian, 1891-1979

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Piero Fornasetti (Designer)

Title

"Architettura" Cabinet

Place

Italy (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1955–1965

Medium

Screen-printed wood and metal

Dimensions

217.8 × 80 × 40.7 cm (85 3/4 × 31 1/2 × 16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder; prior gifts of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reed Armstrong, Kate L. Brewster, Cornelia E. Conger, Mrs. James A. Cook, Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson, Mrs. Frances Elkins, Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor, Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Gerber, Mrs. Kedric Hagenbuckle in memory of her mother, Mrs. Isabelle Mann Clow, Miss Heath-Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hosmer Morse, Jr., Mrs. Samuel G. Rautbord, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Marx, and Mrs. Florene May Schoenborn

Reference Number

2002.633

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