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Marino Auriti | |
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 Marino Auriti with the Encyclopedic Palace, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1950s | |
| Born | 1891 |
| Died | 1980 (aged 88–89) |
| Occupation(s) | Mechanic, artist |
Marino Auriti (1891–1980) was an Italian-born American self-taught artist. An auto-mechanic by trade, Auriti is best known for his 1950s architectural model The Encyclopedic Palace of the World. Auriti designed Encyclopedic Palace/Palazzo Enciclopedico/Palacio Enciclopedico/Palais Encyclopédique or Monumento Nazionale. Progetto Enciclopedico Palazzo (U.S. patent no. 179,277) to house the entirety of worldly knowledge and human discovery: "all the works of man in whatever field, discoveries made and those which may follow."[1]
While the building Auriti envisioned was never realized, posthumously his architectural model has had a profound effect. In 2013, the model served as the centerpiece for the Venice Biennale. As part of the permanent collection of the American Folk Art Museum, The Encyclopedic Palace is currently on view in Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. [2]
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