Gae Aulenti
Locus Solus, 1964
Chair, metal pipe, seat and back covered with dark red synthetic leather
Manufactured by Poltronova, Italy
Manufactured by Poltronova, Italy
67 x 57 cm, seat height: 42 cm
26.4 x 22.4 inches, seat height: 16.5 inches
26.4 x 22.4 inches, seat height: 16.5 inches
B-GAULENTI-.21-0002
Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1954 as one of two women in a class of twenty. Known primarily for her architectural projects, including Milan’s Piazza...
Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1954 as one of two women in a class of twenty. Known primarily for her architectural projects, including Milan’s Piazza Cadorna (2000), a highly colorful and brutal design at odds with its surroundings, she also designed showrooms for the Fiat empire, and set designs for La Scala. From 1981-86 she transformed the Musée d’Orsay in Paris from a railway station into the renowned museum for 19th century art. Alongside her architectural activities made a handful of pieces of furniture, mostly for Poltronova, the experimental, less commercial side of Cassina, who produced the chair series Locus Solus, while the lamp, Pileo was produced for Artemide.
Exhibitions
The Displacement Effect, Curated by Kirsty Bell with Jochum Rodgers, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, June 26 - August 14, 2021Literature
Olivetti Torino 2008, Konzept E. Sottsass „Foresteria“ Ivrea 1968, S. 98.Repertorio 1950-1980, Gramigna, Arnoldo Mondadori, Abb. S. 205.