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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Lucio Fontana, (Italian, born Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, 1899–1969)
Producer
Manifattura Jsa, Busto Arsizio, Italy
For
Croff
Description
Printed length has a mottled gray-green ground patterned with painterly circles of black, white, and orange. Circles are unevenly spaced and have spiky protrusions pointing in a mostly upward direction. Some areas have a crosshatch effect.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
designed 1955; printed 1955–1957
Accession Number
2023-13-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object Name
Textile
Type
Textile
Medium
Medium: cotton, rayon Technique: screen printed on sateen
Dimensions
H x W: 235 × 134.9 cm (92 1/2 × 53 1/8 in.)
made in
Italy
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_2023-13-1
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq412248bd7-613c-44f3-8231-e60899edb359
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