Ettore Sottsass
"Carlton" Room Divider
No reserve
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October 19, 06:39 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ettore Sottsass
"Carlton" Room Divider
1981
produced by Memphis Milano, Italy
with the original producer's label dated 1981
laminated wood
77 x 74¾ x 15¾ in. (195.5 x 189.8 x 40 cm)
Dennis Zanone, Memphis, TN
Wright, Chicago, Memphis Design, The Zanone Collection, May 3, 2019, lot 147
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Memphis Milano: 1980s Italian Design, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, April 12-July 13, 2014
Memphis Milano, sales catalogue, Milan, 1981, n.p.
Giampiero Bosoni, Italy: Contemporary Domestic Landscapes, 1945-2000, Milan, 2001, p. 232
Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano, 1950-2000, Vol. 2, Turin, 2003, p. 300
Giuliana Gramigna, Le Fabbriche del Design, Turin, 2007, p. 170
Giampiero Bosoni, Il Modo Italiano: Design e avangardie artistiche in Italia nel XX secolo, Milan and Montreal, 2007, p. 311
Patrizia Ranzo, Ettore Sottsass, Milan, 2011, cover and p. 73
Philippe Thomé, Sottsass, London, 2014, p. 303