LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Glazed earthenware, painted oak

Measurements:

92.32 in. (234.50 cm.) (height)

Description:

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Markings:

Interior of each incised 6 I. Five cylinders with label printed, ettore sottsass 1966/ CERAMIC/PIECE/to mount from/below starting/with piece no. 1, and each signed 10/1-5 respectively. Base marked SOTTSASS 66 and label printed 18

Exhibited:

‘Menhir, Ziggurat, Stupas, Hydrants & Gas Pumps’, Galleria Sperone, Milan, April 1967 Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa, June 1967 'Ceramiche Sbagliate', Poltronova showroom, Agliana, September 1967

Literature:

Tommaso Trini, 'Ceramiche 67', Domus, no. 455, October 1967, p. 30 for a similar example Barabara Radice, Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography, London, 1993, p. 51 Par Milco Carboni, Ettore Sottsass Jr. '60-'70, exh. cat., FRAC Centre, Orléans, 2006, p. 104 for a drawing of the present model

Provenance:

Sergio Cammilli, Florence Thence by descent