Ettore Sottsass
Gerico vase, prototype
Lot Closed
September 27, 01:22 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Ettore Sottsass
Gerico vase, prototype from the Antiche Ceramiche series
1990
Glazed earthenware
Signed E. Sottsass, inscribed with the manufacturer’s monogram and dated 1990 on the underside
Alessio Sarri Ceramiche edition, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
48.5 x 29 x 29 cm.; 19 ⅛ x 11 ⅜ x 11 ⅜ in.
Fulvio Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass: Tutta la Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 185
The Antiche Ceramiche collection originated from drawings dated 1989. This prototype, executed in 1990, was presented at the exhibition at Antonia Jannone gallery in Milan in 1994. An edition followed for each vase, with a more matt finish.
Sotheby's would like to thank Alessio Sarri for his assistance in the cataloguing of the present lot.