Ettore Sottsass
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a black glazed ceramic "Cubic vase model 585", Società Ceramica Toscanadi Figline, Italy, 1962.
Height 22 cm, width and depth 22 cm, signed Sottsass Il Sestante 585 Italy.
Interior with calcium stains. Minor wear.
Literature
Ferrari Fulvio, Sottsass: Tutta la Ceramica, p. 100.
More information
This vase has been realised for Milanese gallery Il Sestante in different colours, 1962.
Designer
Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. In 1980, Sottsass founded the Memphis Group - a postmodern, collaborative, architecture and design group based in Milan, Italy. The group focused heavily on unconventional furniture design. Sottsass has been described as influential in the postmodern design language that opposes the ideals of strict functionalism.
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