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(1927-2012) Gae Aulenti & Livio Castiglioni Floor Lamp from Trepiu

80 Enric Granados 08008 Barcelona + 34 931 621 575 +34 653 238 311 [email protected] www.side-gallery.com GAE AULENTI (1927-2012) Gae Aulenti & Livio Castiglioni Floor lamp From Trepiu System collection Manufactured by Stilnovo Italy, 1972 Chromed metal, aluminium, cast iron base Measurements 50 cm x 30 cm x 183h cm 19,69 in x 11,81 in x 72h in Literature Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950/1980, Milan, 1985, p. 420 Margherita Petranzan, Gae Aulenti, Milan, 1996, pp. 50, 201 Ernesto Gismondi, “I wanted to Design Missiles, But Then I Fell in Love with Ma- king Lamps,” Domus, no. 993, July 2015, p. 112 Bio She graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1953 and since 1956 has worked in the city designing for architecture, interiors and industry and theatre scenery.In the early eighties she was the artistic director at Fontana Arte, creating timeless lamps and furnishing elements for the company as well as many other designs for manufactures such as Stilnovo, Martinelli or Vistosi. Her architectonic projects are many and prestigious and include: refurbishment and a new layout for the Musée d‘Orsay (1980-86) and the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou (1982-85); refurbishment of Palazzo Grassi in Venice (1985-86); the new entrance for Santa Maria Novella station in Florence (1990); Palazzo Italia at EXPO ‘92 in Seville; restoration of the Scuderie Papali at the Quirinale in Rome (1999); renovation of Piazzale Cadorna in Milan (2000); the “Museo” and “Dante” stations on underground line 1 and redesign of Piazza Cavour and Piazza Dante in Naples (1999-2002); the new Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (1996-2003); the Catalan Museum of Art in Barcelona (1985- 2004); restoration of the Palavela in Turin for the Winter Olympic Games in 2006; the institute of culture in Tokyo (2006); restoration of Palazzo Branciforte in Pa- lermo and transformation into a museum (2011)..

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