Lot 162
  • 162

Ettore Sottsass

Estimate
16,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Five Vases, 1986
  • each engraved with designer's, producer's and maker's marks, numbered 6/7, 5/7, 3/7, 3/7, and 7/7 respectively
    each from an edition of 7
  • glass
  • tallest 51.2 H cm. (20 1/8 in.)
comprising 'Maia', 'Attide', 'Lasia', 'Aristea' and 'Iride'
produced by Toso Vetri d'Arte for Memphis
glass, some with brass hooks

Provenance

Memphis Milano
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Memphis Milano Mostre, Vetri Glass: Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanini, 1986, sales catalogue, Milan, 1986
Marino Barovier et al., eds, Sottsass: Glass Works, Dublin, 1998, pp. 32-33, 46, 51
Luca Dosi Delfini, ed., The Furniture Collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: 1850-2000 / From Michael Thonet to Marcel Wanders, Amsterdam, 2004, p. 81
Cristina Garbanga, Ettore Sottsass: Vorrei Sappere Perché / I Wonder Why, exh. cat., Milan, 2008, p. 186