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Ettore Sottsass

(Italy, 1917-2007)
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
892 - 1 070 EUR
923 - 1 110 USD
Hammer price
30 000 SEK
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Ettore Sottsass
(Italy, 1917-2007)

a "Tahiti", table lamp, Memphis, Milan, post 1981.

Base in "Bacterio" patterned laminate, polychrome enamelled metal, adjustable shade with one light socket, marked with label: Memphis Milano Ettore Sottsass 1981 Made in Italy, height 66-71 cm.

Designer

Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. In 1980, Sottsass founded the Memphis Group - a postmodern, collaborative, architecture and design group based in Milan, Italy. The group focused heavily on unconventional furniture design. Sottsass has been described as influential in the postmodern design language that opposes the ideals of strict functionalism.

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