8.03.2012

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

2 comments:

  1. well I guess it was Picasso .. albeit Paloma.. who said something like, " Good taste is the enemy of art." Wish I got this..but not there yet.

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  2. "Le grand ennemi de l'art c'est le bon goût"
    Marcel Duchamp

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