Michele de Lucchi

Sotheby's New York, April 1, 2021, lot 135

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Memphis Furniture Milano 1983, sales catalogue, Milan, 1983, n.p.

Barbara Radice, Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, London, 1985, p. 36

Fiorella Bulegato and Sergio Polano, Michele De Lucchi. Comincia qui e finisce là, 2004, pp. 58-59

Polly Devlin, New York Behind Closed Doors, New York, 2017, pp. 78, 82 (for the present lot illustrated)

This "Phoenix" Bookcase is one of only four produced by Memphis. Another example of the model was in the collection of Karl Lagerfeld.