the unknown gaetano pesce

Gaetano Pesce

"Garden Chair"

Scale model in rubber

1984

I know y'all all know who 

Gaetano Pesce is,

well, 

most design nerds do,

but possibly, 

he might have slipped under some of

y'alls radar.

If so, you are in for a treat!

If not,

you'll still enjoy this post 

because it is about the little seen,

almost unknown

pieces and projects that he did

before Moss in NYC

made him famous to the design masses.

I know that was my first exposure 

to him back in the early 90s.

I am a HUGE fan,

and it was great to find this 

monograph and remember all the 

great stuff I had not seen in years....

Gaetano Pesce

"Flower Vases"

Prototypes

1979

 Gaetano Pesce

"Project for a Door"

Scale model in silicone rubber

n.d.

Gaetano Pesce

"Il Pugno (si e dischiuso, ecc....)"

Plaster prototype of a two-seat sofa

1971-72

Gaetano Pesce

"Wan-Chai (Omaggio a Hong Kong)" Chair

Small-scale run

1986-87

Gaetano Pesce

"Il Guanto (Omaggio a Max Klinger)" 

Clothes Hanger

1972

Gaetano Pesce

"Manodidio" Ashtray

Prototype

1969-70

Gaetano Pesce

"Carenza" Bookcase

Prototype

1972-75

Gaetano Pesce

"Tramonto a New York" Sofa

Preliminary scale model

1980

Gaetano Pesce

"Project for the Maison des Infants" 

Parc de La Villette, Paris

Scale model

1985-86

Gaetano Pesce

"Orologio" 

Machine for measuring the time of life

Venice Biennale

1974

Gaetano Pesce

"UP 7" or "Piede" 

Chair

1969

Gaetano Pesce

"Habitat for Two People"

Centre Georges Pompidou

Paris

Full-size model

1971-72

Gaetano Pesce

"Habitat for Two People"

Centre Georges Pompidou

Paris

Full-size model

1971-72

Gaetano Pesce

"Habitat for Two People"

Centre Georges Pompidou

Paris

Full-size model

1971-72

Gaetano Pesce

"Untitled Fragments, Archaeological Discoveries"

Objects in plaster and virgin wax

1971-72

Gaetano Pesce

"Untitled Fragments, Archaeological Discoveries"

Objects in plaster and virgin wax

1971-72

Gaetano Pesce

"Golgotha" Chair

Museum of Modern Art

NYC

1972-73

Gaetano Pesce

"Project for Restoration of a Late-Romantic Villa"

Scale model

Sorrento, Italy

1973

Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano on, in front of, and behind

"Tramonto a New York"

1980

Gaetano Pesce

"Dalila" Chairs

Three versions

1980

Gaetano Pesce

"Pratt Chair"

1983

Gaetano Pesce

"I Feltri" Armchair

1987

Gaetano Pesce

"Les Ateliers" Closet

1986-88

Gaetano Pesce

"Airport" lamp

1986

All images and descriptions from:

Gaetano Pesce: Architecture, Design, Art"

France Vanlaethem

Rizzoli

1989