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Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). <em>Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series</em>, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_overall_PS20.jpg)
Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_overall_PS20.jpg)
Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). <em>Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series</em>, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_overall_PS20.jpg)

Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_overall_PS20.jpg)

Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). <em>Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series</em>, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_side_PS20.jpg)

Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_side_PS20.jpg)

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Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Contemporary Art, Northwest Corner, Intro Gallery
ARTIST Gae Aulenti, 1927–2012
MANUFACTURER Poltronova, Pistoia, Italy
MEDIUM Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas
DATES ca. 1965
DIMENSIONS 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER 2023.76.1
CREDIT LINE Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary
PROVENANCE Prior to 2004, provenance not yet documented; June 30, 2004, purchased at Christie’s London, lot 44, by Dennis Freedman of New York, NY; December 29, 2023, gift of Dennis Freedman to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Contemporary Art, Northwest Corner, Intro Gallery
CAPTION Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_overall_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2023.76.1_overall_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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Gae Aulenti (1927–2012). <em>Pool Lounger, from the 'Locus Solus' series</em>, ca. 1965. Enameled tubular and sheet steel, rubber, screen-printed canvas, 27 1/8 × 87 × 30 5/16 in., 47 lb. (68.9 × 221 × 77 cm, 21.32kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.1_overall_PS20.jpg)

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