GINO LEVI MONTALCINI (1902-1974) & GIUSEPPE PAGANO (1896-1945)

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GINO LEVI MONTALCINI (1902-1974) & GIUSEPPE PAGANO (1896-1945)
GINO LEVI MONTALCINI (1902-1974) & GIUSEPPE PAGANO (1896-1945) An armchair, circa 1928, with curved geometric structure in wood covered with brown vat paper, black lacquered base. An armchair, circa 1928, with curved geometric structure in wood covered with brown vat paper, black lacquered base. H 67 x W 48 x D 53 CM - H 26 3/8 x W 18 7/8 x D 20 7/8 in. HISTORICAL GINO LEVI MONTALCINI & GIUSEPPE PAGANO are two Italian rationalist architects graduated from the Polytechnic University of Turin. In 1928, the financier Riccardo Gualino commissioned them to design and build a remarkable office building in Turin known as the Palazzo degli Uffici Gualino. The building was immediately hailed by critics and the press as one of the first fully realized examples of Italian rationalist architecture. Pagano was mainly responsible for the architecture of the building while Montalcini was more concerned with the furnishings; 67 different pieces of furniture were designed. In order to affirm their rationalist identity and to obtain seats with perfectly straight angles, they had the seats, made of wood, covered with Buxus, a new cellulose-based product conceived by the furniture maker himself, the entrepreneur Giacomo Bosso. GINO LEVI MONTALCINI & GIUSEPPE PAGANO are two Italian rationalist architects who graduated from the Polytechnic University of Turin. In 1928, the financier Riccardo Gualino commissioned them to design and build a remarkable office building in Turin known as the Palazzo degli Uffici Gualino. The building was immediately hailed by critics and the press as one of the first fully realized examples of Italian rationalist architecture. Pagano was mainly responsible for the architecture of the building while Montalcini was more concerned with the furnishings; 67 different pieces of furniture were designed. In order to affirm their rationalist identity and to obtain seats with perfectly straight angles, they had the seats, made of wood, covered with Buxus, a new cellulose-based product conceived by the furniture maker himself, the entrepreneur Giacomo Bosso. PROVENANCE Palazzo Gualino, Turin BIBLIOGRAPHY : Irene De Guttry, Maria Paola Maino, Il mobile decò italiano, Laterza 1988, model reproduced p.192 fig. 13.
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