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ID: 700000107
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000107
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Cisitalia 202 GT Car (automobile; S.p.A. Carrozzeria Pininfarina, Torino, Italy; designed by B...; designed in 1946, manufactured...; Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United ...; 409.1972 )
Note: The two-seater Cisitalia "202" GT was an aesthetic and technical achievement that transformed postwar automobile body design. Building on aerodynamic studies developed for racing cars, the Cisitalia offers one of the most accomplished examples of coachwork (the automobile's body) conceived as a single shell. The body was basically handcrafted, with its aluminum panels shaped over wooden forms. Because of this time-consuming process, only 170 models were produced between 1947 and 1952.
Titles:
Cisitalia 202 GT Car (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
automobile [300178739] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>, passenger vehicles)

Classifications:
Modern art (preferred)
vehicles / transportation
European art
machines

Creation Date: designed in 1946, manufactured in 1948

Creator Display:
S.p.A. Carrozzeria Pininfarina, Torino, Italy; designed by Battista Pinin Farina, (Italian, 1893-1966); manufactured by Carrozzeria Pininfarina (Italian coachbuilders, founded 1930) [preferred,VP]
designer Pininfarina, Battista (Italian automobile designer, 1893-1966) [500329573]
manufacturer Carrozzeria Pininfarina (Italian automobile design and manufacturing firm, contemporary) [500234803]
Locations:
Other: Creation: Torino [7005688] Torino province (province), Piedmont (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Current: Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303609] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 409.1972
Credit Line: Gift of the manufacturer
Address Note: This work is not on view.
Display Materials: aluminum and chrome body
aluminum (metal) [300011015]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <aluminum and aluminum alloys>)
chromium [300011019]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <chromium and chromium alloys>)

Dimensions: 49 x 57 5/8 x 158" (124.5 x 146.4 x 401.3 cm)
General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:
automobile [300178739]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>, passenger vehicles) (AAT)
automobile design [300343751]
.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts-related disciplines, design (discipline)) (AAT)

Provenance: Gift of the manufacturer
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Cisitalia 202 GT Car........ [VP]
........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) https://www.moma.org/collection/works/3498?locale=en
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 25 July 2006
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