Ettore Sottsass
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An "Ashoka" table lamp, Memphis, Italy, post 1981.
Enamelled steel, chromed steel. Length 82 cm, depth 8 cm, height 87 cm.
Minor wear.
Provenance
Private Collection, Sweden. Read more about the Memphis Group – A private collection.
More information
Designed in 1981.
This lot is being sold on behalf of the Swedish Enforcement Authority.
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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