Gianfranco Fini
Quanta

Quanta

© 1970 Gianfranco Fini

Quanta
Quanta
DesignerItalian, born 1939
ManufacturerItalian, active 1968–c. 1973
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Quanta
Datedesigned c. 1970, made 1970–72
MediumSteel, acrylic, florescent bulbs, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 36 3/8 × 36 3/8 × 8 in. (92.4 × 92.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Dennis Freedman Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2019.206
Not on view

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ProvenanceDennis Freedman Collection, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, the Dennis Freedman Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 14–November 29, 2020; Yale School of Architecture Gallery, New Haven, February 21–July 8, 2022.

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