Corkscrew, "Anna G."
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Thermoplastic resin, chrome-plated zamak
DATES
designed 1998
DIMENSIONS
9 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (24.1 x 8.9 x 7 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on base at top of resin housing [devil Corporate Logo], on opposite side, impressed "ALESSI / ITALY"
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.40.73
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Alessi S.p.A.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Chrome-plated and plastic corkscrew in the form of a woman with abstracted flat face with cut out eyes and mouth shaped handle at top above long corkscrew neck terminating in narrow flat pink plastic band and below molded light blue cylindrical plastic fluted 'dress' that has rounded shoulders and flares toward base. Long thin rotating levers ('arms') at 'shoulders'.
Condition: new/unused.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Alessandro Mendini (Italian, 1931–2019). Corkscrew, "Anna G.," designed 1998. Thermoplastic resin, chrome-plated zamak, 9 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (24.1 x 8.9 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alessi S.p.A., 1999.40.73. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.40.73_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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