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Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Carlton</em>, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_overall_PS20.jpg)
Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Carlton, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_overall_PS20.jpg)
Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Carlton</em>, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_overall_PS20.jpg)

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Carlton, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_overall_PS20.jpg)

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Carlton</em>, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_threequarter_PS20.jpg)

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Carlton, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_threequarter_PS20.jpg)

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Carlton

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Contemporary Art, Northwest Corner, Intro Gallery
ARTIST Ettore Sottsass Jr., Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007
MANUFACTURER Memphis Milano, 1980 – 1987
MEDIUM Wood, plastic laminate
DATES 1983
DIMENSIONS 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER 2023.76.3
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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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Contemporary Art, Northwest Corner, Intro Gallery
CAPTION Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Carlton, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_overall_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2023.76.3_overall_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Carlton</em>, 1983. Wood, plastic laminate, 77 3/4 × 74 3/4 × 15 3/4 in., 255 lb. (197.5 × 189.9 × 40 cm, 115.67kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dennis Freedman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.76.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.76.3_overall_PS20.jpg)

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