"Pipistrello" Lamp

Designer Gae (Gaetana) Aulenti Italian

Manufacturer Martinelli Luce S.p.A.

1965

Not on view

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Title: "Pipistrello" Lamp
Designer: Gae (Gaetana) Aulenti (Italian, Palazzolo dello Stello 1927–Milan 2012)
Manufacturer: Martinelli Luce S.p.A. (Italian, Tuscany, founded 1960)
Date: 1965
Medium: Lacquered aluminum, stainless steel, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)
Dimensions: 28 1/2 × 21 7/16 × 21 7/16 in., 20.4 lb. (72.4 × 54.4 × 54.4 cm, 9.3 kg)
Classification: Lighting
Credit Line: Gift of Martinelli Luce S.p.A., 1989
Object Number: 1989.401
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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