Massimo Iosa Ghini

from an edition of three

Acquired directly from the manufacturer, 1998

Dodici Nuovi/Twelve New, Memphis catalogue, Milan,1986, n.p.
Barbara Radice, "Things Must Pass," Terrazzo, fall 1988, p. 25

Overall excellent condition. With some minor surface scratches and losses to the paint along the edges of the stepped decoration of the front feet. This is not apparent unless closely inspected and does not impact the design. The leather seat and headrest are in excellent shape. The metal feet with some pitting and surface scratches.
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In 1986, Iosa Ghini began collaborating with the Memphis group, which had moved beyond the politicized postmodernism of the early 1980s.  The founding member of the group, Ettore Sottsass, had left to design independently in 1985 and the popularity of the avant-garde consortium had begun to falter.   Iosa Ghini showed his work as part of the Seventh Collection presented by Memphis alongside works by Marco Zanuso and Angelo Micheli.  Although he designed a limited number of pieces for the group, Iosa Ghini's dynamic sense of form, color and movement were defining principles of the premise of the cooperative.