A "Tartar" console, Memphis, Italy, post 1985.
Plastic laminate, plywood, lacquer. Length 195 cm, depth 85 cm, height 78 cm.
Wear, marks.
Private Collection, Sweden. Read more about the Memphis Group – A private collection.
Designed in 1985.
This lot is being sold on behalf of the Swedish Enforcement Authority.
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.
Read moreThe artworks in this database are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the rights holders. The artworks are reproduced in this database with a license from Bildupphovsrätt.