Design
Design
Game On: Property from the Collection of Ryan Brant
ETTORE SOTTSASS | “BARBARELLA” DESK, "TRANQUILLA" VARIANT
Auction Closed
October 7, 07:54 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Game On: Property from the Collection of Ryan Brant
ETTORE SOTTSASS
“BARBARELLA” DESK, "TRANQUILLA" VARIANT
designed circa 1964-1965, executed circa 1985
produced by Poltronova, Agliana, Italy
cherry-veneered wood, laminate-covered wood, brass
50½ x 43½ x 15¼ in. (128.2 x 110.5 x 38.7 cm)
Private Collection, Ohio
Sotheby's New York, March 28, 2008, lot 64
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Ettore Sottsass: Drawings Over Four Decades, exh. cat., Galerie für Design-Zeichnungen, Frankfurt, 1990, n. p. (for an original drawing of the "Buona" version of the model)
Ronald T. Labaco, Ettore Sottsass: Architect and Designer, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, London, 2006, p. 21 (for the "Buona" version of the model)
Philippe Thomé, Sottsass, London, 2014, p. 174 (for the "Buona" version of the model)