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  Andrea Branzi “Cucus” chair c. 1985

  Andrea Branzi (1938 – )   Zabro, Italy.

  “Cucus” chair c.1985

  Lacquered wood, tree branches

  Illustrated: Domestic Animals: The Neoprimative Style Andrea and Nicoletta Branzi, (London, 1987) n.p.; Designed by Architects in the 1980s, Julie Capella and Quim Larrea, Barcelona, 1987, p. 37; Anne Bony, Paris Les années 80, 1995, p. 520; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p. 588

  H: 42 3/4″ x W: 19 3/4″ x D: 24″

  Price: $19,000

  The  “Cucus” chair was part of  the “Domestic Animals” series
  designed in 1985/86 by Andrea Branzi for Zabro.

  Andrea Branzi's “Domestic Animals” series was designed in 1985 and 1986 for the Italian firm Zabro. Designs were later also manufactured by Zanotta. Andrea Branzi created “Domestic Animals” in collaboration with Nicoletta Branzi, who produced limited edition art clothing for this series. The “Neoprimitive” style in which this collection has been rendered utilizes natural materials such as sticks to create an object that brings archetypal symbols into the home to produce emotional effects. These objects combine technology and nature and the symbols and codes that these entail demonstrating that “a hybrid love between different creatures is possible.” (Branzi, Domestic Animals, 1987, n.p.) With these objects Branzi aims to “domesticate” technological inventions so as to make them a positive presence in man's life.
  “The difference between a domestic animal and a trained (or tamed) one lies in the fact that the latter is the outcome of an unnatural and violent attitude, while the domestic animal establishes the dream of a loving relationship with man.” (Branzi, Domestic Animals, 1987, n.p.)

  Andrea Branzi, architect and designer, born in Florence in 1938, where he graduated in 1967, lives and works in Milano. From 1964 to 1974 he was a partner of Archizoom Associati, first vanguard group internationally known, whose projects are preserved at Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione in Parma and at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
  Since 1967 he works in the fields of industrial and research design, architecture, urban planning, education and cultural promotion.He is Professor at the Third Faculty of Architecture and Industrial Design of Politecnico di Milano.

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  Alberto Marconetti / Italian Post-War Design Armchairs c. 1960’s

  ALBERTO MARCONETTI  Milan, Italy (active Argentina)

  Armchairs (Two available) c. 1960’s

  Oak, painted iron, leather strapwork and seat

  Marks:  by Alberto Marconetti  (script signature)

  H: 40 1/2”  x  W:  27”  x D: 21”
  Seat height: 19″

  Price: $7,450 (each)

  This pair of armchairs nods to the influence of such Italian designers as Carlo Bugatti and Carlo Mollino yet are their own unique creation.  They have an unusual anthropomorphic quality in that the frame suggests a skeletal structure.  In addition, the leather strapwork, iron loops and hooks allude to the equipage of the ancient Roman equestrian order.