Artist's arttributes:
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Photography, Design |
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Spatialism |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Italy | 31 |
| France | 25 |
| USA | 19 |
| Germany | 8 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Friedman Benda Gallery, USA |
8 |
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galerie ColletPark, France |
5 |
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Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, France |
5 |
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Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Italy |
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Biography: 
14.9.1917 Born in Innsbruck, Tirol (AT)
31.12.2007 Died in Milano (IT)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 105 
until 22.7.
until 22.7.
until 2.6.
Solo shows 26
2011
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| Ettore Sottsass - Kachinas - Galerie Downtown, Paris |
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| Ettore Sottsass, Kachinas - SEM-ART Gallery, Monaco |
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| Ettore Sottsass - Ontwerpen in email - Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam |
2010
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| Ettore Sottsass: Un Piccolo Omaggio a Mondrian - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Ettore Sottsass - Kulturhuset Stockholm, Stockholm |
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| Enamels 1958 - Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan |
2009
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| the Avantgarde: We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope. Ettore Sottsass: works from Stockholm, 1969 - Marres - Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht |
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| Ettore Sottsass: Antichi - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Ettore Sotsass - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| Hommage à Ettore Sottsass - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Ettore Sottsass - Archetypes 1965 - 1995 - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Ettore Sottsass - Design Museum Gent, Gent |
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| Ettore Sottsass - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Ettore Sottsass - Metafore - galleria enrico fornello, Milan |
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| Ettore Sottsass - Work in Progress - Design Museum, London (England) |
2006
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| Ettore Sottsass - Designer - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
2004
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| Cartier design viewed by Ettore Sottsass - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
2003
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| Short stories - Studio Guastalla, Milan |
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| Ettore Sottsass & Associati - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne |
2002
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| Ettore Sottsass - Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co. Gallery, Milan |
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| Foresta un prototipo di Ettore Sottsass - Clio Calvi Rudy Volpi, Milan |
2001
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| Metafore - Galerie Kreo, Paris |
1999
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| Ettore Sottsass: Glass Works - Barry Friedman Ltd., New York City, NY |
1994
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| Ettore Sotsass - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
1993
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| Ettore Sottsass - Adesso Però - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
1987
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| The Indian Memory - Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch |
Group shows 76
2012
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| Recollect Iii - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
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| Nuovo Futurismo - Ridisegnare La Citta - Spazio Oberdan, Milan |
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| The Still Life of Vernacular Agents - Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin |
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| Visionäre Sammlung Vol. 18: Das Haus Des Künstlers - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich |
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| Addio Anni 70 - Palazzo Reale, Milan |
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| Recollect Ii - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
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| Winter Group Show - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Recollect - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
2011
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| Challenge Defying - MUDAC - Musée de design es d`arts appliques contemporains, Lausanne |
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| OLIVETTI - Une histoire de design - Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie, Paris |
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| Six Rooms - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Collection : 25 ans et 1 été - Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart |
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| Americans and Apricots - Hilary Crisp Gallery, London (England) |
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| L’Italia s’è desta 1945-1953 - Arte in Italia nel secondo dopoguerra, da De Chirico a Guttuso, da Fontana a Burri - MAR Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna, Ravenna |
2010
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| Il Premio fra i Premi. La pittura in Italia dal Futurismo all'Informale - CAMeC - Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia |
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| Athens in Catania: Away and Boil your Head selected works from the 1st / 2nd Athens Biennale - Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino - Palazzo Valle, Catania, CT |
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| Room Divider - Wilkinson Gallery, London (England) |
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| America Deserta - Centre d'Art du Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux |
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| Landing Exhibition - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
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| Dreamlands - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
2009
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| Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
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| Melodies & Rocks / Copyright - Karma International, Zurich |
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| La Grande Spolveratrice e altre storie - Assab One, Milan |
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| CEREMONIAL ACCESSOIRE - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
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| Ciao Milano! - Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin |
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| 2nd Athens Biennial 2009 - Heaven - Athens Biennial, Athens |
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| Italian Genius Now. Back to Rome - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
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| Des Italiens - Mouvements Modernes, Paris |
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| Past Modern - Sebastian + Barquet, New York City, NY |
2008
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| zerocarat - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Not Only Multiples - Galleria Guastalla Centro Arte, Livorno |
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| Dalla Presitoria al Futuro. Capolavori dalla collezione Bischofsberger - Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin |
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| Espèces d'espace - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
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| Italics. Arte Italiana fra Tradizione e Rivoluzione, 1968-2008 - Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice |
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| Ettore Sottsass - Alessandro Giorgi - Castello di Rivara - Centro d´arte contemporane, Rivara (TO) |
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| Pistoletto, Ettore e Michelangelo i coetanei - Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin |
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| Design Cities - Istanbul Modern, Istanbul |
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| 5. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst - berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Berlin |
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| In Their Own Words - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Il mito della velocità - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome |
2007
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| 20th Century Design Art - The Columns, Seoul |
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| Design contre Design - Deux siècles de créations - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris |
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| The Architect’s Table: Swid Powell and Postmodern Design - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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| TOMORROW NOW - when design meets science fiction - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| Simply Red - The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
2006
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| Peintres de la vie moderne Modern-life painters - Donation - Caisse des Dépôts' photograph collection - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Cor Unum - Architekten und Designer entwerfen Keramik - Hetjens-Museum - Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Dusseldorf |
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| The Persistence of Geometry - MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH |
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| Italy made in art - Now - MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai |
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| Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before - Kunst, Design, Architektur im Kopf - Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach |
2005
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| La scultura italiana del XX secolo - Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan |
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| Recent Accessions in Modern and Contemporary Design - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
2004
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| Nuvole rosse - Studio Guastalla, Milan |
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| ruins and amnesias - Mouvements Modernes, Paris |
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| Arte & Architettura. 1900 - 2000 - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa |
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| Normali meraviglie - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
2003
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| Mostra Ristretta - MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome |
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| Le Beau Corps de la Mémoire - MAC's Grand Hornu - Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu |
2002
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| TRANS-POSITIONS - Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest |
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| Memphis In Nashville - Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN |
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| To 1902002. Manifatture artistiche - Palazzo Cavour, Turin |
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| La Culture Pour Vivre - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
2001
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| Enzo Cucchi ed Ettore Sottsass - Galleria Civica d’arte contemporanea Montevergini, Siracusa |
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| Milano, Bugatti 1900 - Sottsass 2000 - Clio Calvi Rudy Volpi, Milan |
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| Terra! Terra! - - Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio (closed) |
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| Architecture radicale - IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne |
1999
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| Ettore Sottsass e associati 1980 - 1999 - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
1998
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| Forging a New Century: Modern Metalwork from the Norwest Collection, 1890-1940 - Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO |
1995
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| 46th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Items for Ever : recente aanwinsten - Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch |
1994
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| L’orfÈvrerie Des Architectes - Passage de Retz, Paris |
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| Donner Forme A Une Idee - Passage de Retz, Paris |
1990
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| Energieën - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
1987
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| 19° Bienal de Sao Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| documenta 8 - Documenta, Kassel |
1978
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| La Biennale di Venezia 1978. From Nature to Art, from Art to Nature - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
Dealer Directory 17 |
France
| | La Galerie Italienne, Paris
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Italy
| | Luciano Colantonio, Brescia
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| | Clio Calvi Rudy Volpi, Milan
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| | Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co. Gallery, Milan
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| | Gabrius Printstore, Milan
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| | Galleria Antonia Jannone, Milan
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Monaco
Switzerland
| | Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | Alan Wheatley Art, London (England)
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USA
| | Barry Friedman Ltd., New York City, NY
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| | Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Nicholas Kilner, New York City, NY
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| | R 20th Century Design, New York City, NY
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Belgium
Croatia
| | MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka
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France
| | FRAC - Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque
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| | Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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| | Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart
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| | IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne
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Netherlands
| | Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch
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Portugal
| | Centro Cultural de Belém - CCB, Lisbon
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United Kingdom
| | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton (England)
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| | Design Museum, London (England)
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USA
| | Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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| | Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
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| | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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