Ettore Sottsass

Prototype "Menta" Totem

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December 8, 09:48 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Ettore Sottsass

Prototype "Menta" Totem

designed 1967, produced circa 1985

artist's proof from an edition of 20 plus 10 artist's proofs

produced by Bitossi, Florence, Italy

glazed earthenware

with the original paper labels signed le ceramiche di BITOSSI and signed in black marker P A 3 Sottsass

68 x 19 x 19 in. (172.7 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm)

Acquired directly from Bitossi by Keith Johnson, Urban Architecture, Pontiac, Michigan
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990s

Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass, Berlin, 1993, p. 169
Fulvio Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass: Tutta La Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 139