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20th Century Franco Albini for Poggi Wooden Cabinet mod. MB15

$13,047.27
£9,727.33
€11,000
CA$17,918.47
A$20,054.31
CHF 10,471.48
MX$244,663.72
NOK 132,921.67
SEK 126,134.48
DKK 83,785.65
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About the Item

Franco Albini (1905-1977) lived in Milan where he stuied Architecture at the Politecnico. He started his career at Gio Ponti's studio, with whom he collaborated before getting in touch with some more international realities. But it's when he met Edoardo Persico, that his work became more rationalist. The new phase that that meeting provoked began with the opening of the first professional studio on Panizza Street with Renato Camus and Giancarlo Palanti. But it is above all in the context of exhibitions that the Milanese master experiments with his compromise between that "rigor and poetic imagination" of which Pagano spoke, coining the elements that will be a recurring theme in all declinations of his work - architectures, interiors, design pieces. Here we have a wooden cabinet mod. MB15 designed in 1957 for Poggi. It summarizes big part of the Albini's research: the theme of the lightness, research of the materials and obsession with balance. It is entirely in wood. Published in: - G. Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000, Allemandi, 2003, p. 113. Good condition, fully original.
  • Creator:
    Poggi (Manufacturer),Franco Albini (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.32 in (77 cm)Width: 72.05 in (183 cm)Depth: 18.51 in (47 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1958
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Turin, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5450239862342

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