Exhibitons • Collections • Happenings

Carla Lavatelli
1928-2006

One-Woman Shows

2012-13	Pietrasanta, Lucca and Volterra, major retrospectives being prepared	Tuscany, Italy
1995	Pecci Museum, Fondazione Gori	Prato, Italy
1976-78	Gimpel Weitzenhofer	New York, New York
1974	The Philips Collection	Washington, D.C.
1972	Hakone Open Air Museum	Hakone, Japan
1972	Alexander Iolas	New York, New York
1971	Sari Heller Gallery	Beverly Hills, California
1970	Desert Museum	Palm Springs, California
1970	Galerie Moos	Montreal, Canada
1970	Benjamin Gallery	Chicago, Illinois
1970	Galerie Motte	Geneva, Switzerland
1969	Herbert Kende Gallery	New York, New York
1969,71,73,75	Palm Beach Gallery	Florida
1967	Galleria La Vernice	Bari, Italy
1967	Galleria degli Argenti	Milano, Italy
1966	Galleria "Il Carpine"	Rome, Italy
1965	Palazzo Cerio	Capri, Italy
1960-1964	Sari Heller Gallery	Beverly Hills, California
1959	Galleria Russo	Rome, Italy

Public Commissions & Collections

2014	October – An auction of 50+ Carla Lavatelli original works is scheduled for October 24th, 2014 at Drouot by AuctionArt. >Auction Info	Paris, France
2014	October –“Une Ronde de Mouettes” Swirling Seagulls, an Urban project is inaugurated on “La Place des Patriotes” by the Mayor of the city.	Mougins, France
2014	July –  “The Wave” in bronze was installed at The Gori Collection >Website	Celle, Italy
2014	April – Wikipedia publishes the 'Life and Work of Carla Lavatelli >See Article	Wikipedia.org
2008	Grace Cathedral, Donation of “For Birth,” the Cardinal’s vest and processional	San Francisco, CA
	banner by her son and his wife
2000	Erminia Landau	Geneva, Switzerland
1999	Judge Tom Clark	Carmel, California
1995	Patricia Salomon	Japan
1993-1995	Carla Lavatelli Plaza: "Place du Bancs des Amis," St Jaques Le Majeur	Mougins, France
1991	San Gionvanni Battista, 16th Century Monument	Pistoia, Italy
1989	New Enterprise Associates	San Francisco, California
1985	Sciences Plaza, Brown Univeristy	Rhode Island, CT
1984	Saint Peter’s Church	New York, New York
1984	Saint Peter’s Church	New York, New York
1984	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art	San Francisco, California
1983	Palm Desert Museum and Annenberg Theatre	Palm Springs, California
1980,85,96	The Kasser Foundation	New Jersey
1980	Klebanow	New York, New York
1979	Muscarelle Museum, College of William and Mary	Williamsburg, Virginia
1979	Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Board Room	Princeton, New Jersey
1978	Rosenblatt	New York, New York
1976	Collection of Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Sculptures to Wear	Minneapolis
1976	Park 80 West	New Jersey
1976	Freiburg Botanical Gardens: Lavatelli Goldener Teich, Universitӓt Bauamt	Germany
1976	Architect Albert Mayer	New York, New York
1975	New Law Building Stanford University, California – Dedicated by President Ford	California
	Invited to visit the White House
1974	Enid Haupt	Palm Beach, Florida
1974	Phillips Collection	Washington, D.C.
1973-75	Hassenfeld	Rhode Island, CT
1972-1976	Shah of Iran, Royal Park, Palace & Museum of Modern Art	Teheran, Iran
1971	Horace Kadoorie	Hong Kong
1971	Pierre Matisse	New York, New York
1971	Sari Heller	Beverly Hills, California
1971-72	John Upjohn Pharmaceuticals	Kalamazoo, Michigan
1970	Spingold Theatre, Brandeis Univeristy	Waltham, Massachusetts
1969	Palace of H.S.H Ranieri of Monaco, Principauté de Monaco	Monaco
1969	Norton Museum	Palm Beach, Florida
1968	Pinacoteca di Stato	Rome, Italy
1967	Palazzo di Giustizia	Lecce, Italy
1966	President of Italy Giovanni Leone	Italy
1966,78	Joan Baruk	Capri, Italy and New York

Events & Happenings

2012	Launch of www.carlalavatelli.com website detailing Carla Lavatelli's life and works	California
2001	A Ferrari with a Soul, painted fender of her late husband’s Ferrari, Private Collection, Switzerland
1998	The Window of Hope	St. Peter’s, Vatican
1998	Grace Cathedral – Cope, High Altar & Processional Banner	San Francisco, California
1996	Life Project, I wish you time to enjoy it while you have it
1996	Silk Cope for the Dean, Blessing of the Animals, St Francis Day, St John the Divine	NYC
1995	United Nations Project for Peace 50th Anniversary	NYC
1995	Musée Renoir, Parmis Les Oliviers	Cagnes sur Mer, France
1995	Laisser un Signe, Picasso Museum	Antibes
1995	Gold medal honorary award of the City of Mougins	“Le Gallet d’Or”
	for outstanding achievements
1995	Happening for Peace, Winter Garden, World Financial Center, unrealized	Cesare Pelli, NYC
1994	St Augustine Church and Cloister	Pietrasanta, Italy
1993	Musée Picasso de la Photographie, Quatre Photographes et Carla Lavatelli	Mougins, France
1991	Happening for a Prayer, Fondazione Gori, San Giovanni Battista	Pistoia, Italy
1989	“A friend of stone & water”, photos Emmett Bright, Architectural Digest	Italian ed.
1986	Cathedral of St John the Divine, Festa to celebrate Centennial of the Cathedral	NYC
1980-82	Einstein Institute of Advanced Studies	Princeton, New Jersey
1979	Woodrow Wilson Building	Princeton, New Jersey
1978	A & J Rose	New York, New York
1976-96	Studio – 140 Thompson Street	New York, New York
1973-on	The Working Place, Sculpture Garden, Open to Public	Tuscany, Italy
1966-72	Officina Cidonio with Noguchi, Moore	Arp & Stahly

Publications & Projects

1984	The Work of Carla Lavatelli by Carla Lavatelli, 1970-84	ABBA International
2001	NOI, Being happy
2002	Produced four projects for the City of Bordeaux, one for the City of Paris	Paris, France
2003	Publication of brochure for installation at the Matisse Museum
2006	Completed Une Ronde de Mouettes	City of Mougins, France

Designs & Inventions

It was sometime in the mid 1960s that I had my first studio in New York, uptown at 414 East 75^th. I carved very small stone sculptures and started to wear them. I called them “Sculptures to Wear.” They soon became the rave of America and were purchased worldwide.

Materials

Stone, metals, wood, rope, wool, water, ceramic, terracotta, wax, plastic, paper, silk, light, glass, wind, music, earth, trees, flowers, dreams, oil colors, words.