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Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). <em>Lovebird Agave Cabinet</em>, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_overall_PS20.jpg)
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Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). Lovebird Agave Cabinet, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_overall_PS20.jpg)
Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). <em>Lovebird Agave Cabinet</em>, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_overall_PS20.jpg)

Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). Lovebird Agave Cabinet, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_overall_PS20.jpg)

Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). <em>Lovebird Agave Cabinet</em>, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_threequarter_PS20.jpg)

Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). Lovebird Agave Cabinet, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_threequarter_PS20.jpg)

Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). <em>Lovebird Agave Cabinet</em>, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_interior01_PS20.jpg)

Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). Lovebird Agave Cabinet, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_interior01_PS20.jpg)

Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). <em>Lovebird Agave Cabinet</em>, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_interior02_PS20.jpg)

Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). Lovebird Agave Cabinet, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_interior02_PS20.jpg)

Lovebird Agave Cabinet

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Decorative Art, 20th-Century Decorative Arts, 4th Floor
DESIGNER Fernando Laposse, Mexican, b. 1988
MEDIUM Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple
DATES 2021
DIMENSIONS 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER 2023.47
CREDIT LINE H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Prototype
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Decorative Art, 20th-Century Decorative Arts, 4th Floor
CAPTION Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). Lovebird Agave Cabinet, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_overall_PS20.jpg)
EDITION Edition of 3, 2AP, Prototype
IMAGE overall, 2023.47_overall_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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Fernando Laposse (Mexican, b. 1988). <em>Lovebird Agave Cabinet</em>, 2021. Birch plywood, dyed agave fibers, steel mesh, kiln dried Canadian maple, 73 1/2 × 50 3/4 × 42 in. (186.7 × 128.9 × 106.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2023.47 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.47_overall_PS20.jpg)

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