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Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Beverly</em>, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_front_PS20.jpg)
Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Beverly, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_front_PS20.jpg)
Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Beverly</em>, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_front_PS20.jpg)

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Beverly, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_front_PS20.jpg)

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Beverly</em>, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_threequarter_PS20.jpg)

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Beverly, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_threequarter_PS20.jpg)

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Beverly

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Contemporary Art, Northwest Corner, Intro Gallery
ARTIST Ettore Sottsass Jr., Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007
MANUFACTURERS Memphis Milano, 1980 – 1987; of laminates Abet Laminati
MEDIUM HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel
DATES 1981
DIMENSIONS Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER 2023.76.2
CREDIT LINE Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary
PROVENANCE Prior to 2023, provenance not yet documented; by 2023, acquired by Dennis Freedman of New York, NY; December 29, 2023, gift of Dennis Freedman to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Sideboard features two doors concealing a single shelf.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Contemporary Art, Northwest Corner, Intro Gallery
CAPTION Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Beverly, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_front_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE front, 2023.76.2_front_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Beverly</em>, 1981. HPL Print Laminate, poplar root and chrome plated steel, Assembled dimensions January 2024: 88 9/16 × 68 7/8 × 17 11/16 in., 194 lb. (225 × 175 × 45 cm, 88kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.2_front_PS20.jpg)

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