Lot 141
  • 141

ETTORE SOTTSASS | Iasia Vase

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Ettore Sottsass
  • Iasia Vase
  • Engraved E.SOTTSASS PER MEMPHIS MILANO BY TOSO VETRI D'ARTE 3/7 on the base
  • Height : 51,5 cm ; 20 1/4 in.
  • 1986
glass

Provenance

Memphis Milano, Italy
Private collection, France

Literature

Memphis, Céramique, Argent, Verre, 1981-1987, exibition catalogue, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 1991, p. 115
Hans Höger, Ettore Sottass jun. : designer, artist, architect, Berlin, 1993, p. 190
Marino Barovier, Bruno Bischofberger & Milco Carboni, Sottsass, Glass Works, Dublin, 1998, p. 46
Ettore Sottsass: The Glass, exhibition catalogue, Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice, April 10 - July 30, 2017, pp. 38 and 198

Condition

Very good overall condition. The glass presents with a few extremely rare and light scratches and some surface soiling.
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