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Prototype 'Moloch' by 
																	Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce

( Italian, 1939 )

Prototype 'Moloch'

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Materials:

Anodized aluminum, aluminum, painted metal

Measurements:

141.73 in. (360.00 cm.) (height)

Edition:

Prototype 'C' of 6 known prototypes

Description:

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Markings:

Base impressed with MOLOCH RIDISEGNO DI GAETANO PESCE PRODUZIONE BRACCIODIFERRO S.R.L. GENOVA - ITALIA PRIMA CENTINAIO ESEMPLARE N. 000-C.

Exhibited:

"Bracciodiferro: Gaetano Pesce - Alessandro Mendini 1971-1975," Biblioteca Umanistica dell'Incoronata, Milan, April 4-14, 2013

Literature:

Domus (Milan), no. 525, September 1972, p. 38; Emilio Ambasz, ed., Italy: The New Domestic Landscape: Achievements and Problems of Italian Design, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972, p. 97; Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950/1980, Milan, 1985, p. 357; France Vanlaethem, Gaetano Pesce: Architecture, Design, Art, London, 1989, p. 28; Anty Pansera, Bracciodiferro: Gaetano Pesce - Alessandro Mendini 1971-1975, exh. cat., Biblioteca Umanistica dell'Incoronata, Milan, 2013, illustrated front cover and pp. 70-77

Provenance:

Collection of Aldo Cichero, Genoa; Fragile, Milan

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