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Ettore Sottsass

(Italy, 1917-2007)
Estimate
75 000 - 100 000 SEK
7 270 - 9 690 EUR
8 320 - 11 100 USD
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75 000 SEK
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Ettore Sottsass
(Italy, 1917-2007)

A "Carlton" bookcase, Memphis, Italy, post 1981.

Polychrome and patterned HPL laminate, with two drawers, manufacturer's label MEMPHIS MILANO ETTORE SOTTSASS 1981, N. 787 MADE IN ITALY. Height 198 cm, width 190 cm.

Insignificant wear.

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Designed in 1981.

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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