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Ettore Sottsass

"Carlton" Room Divider

No reserve

Lot Closed

October 19, 06:39 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ettore Sottsass

"Carlton" Room Divider


1981

produced by Memphis Milano, Italy

with the original producer's label dated 1981

laminated wood

77 x 74¾ x 15¾ in. (195.5 x 189.8 x 40 cm)

Dennis Zanone, Memphis, TN

Wright, Chicago, Memphis Design, The Zanone Collection, May 3, 2019, lot 147

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Memphis Milano, sales catalogue, Milan, 1981, n.p.

Giampiero Bosoni, Italy: Contemporary Domestic Landscapes, 1945-2000, Milan, 2001, p. 232

Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano, 1950-2000, Vol. 2, Turin, 2003, p. 300

Giuliana Gramigna, Le Fabbriche del Design, Turin, 2007, p. 170

Giampiero Bosoni, Il Modo Italiano: Design e avangardie artistiche in Italia nel XX secolo, Milan and Montreal, 2007, p. 311

Patrizia Ranzo, Ettore Sottsass, Milan, 2011, cover and p. 73

Philippe Thomé, Sottsass, London, 2014, p. 303

Memphis Milano: 1980s Italian Design, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, April 12-July 13, 2014