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Ettore Sottsass

(Italy, 1917-2007)
Estimate
50 000 - 60 000 SEK
4 460 - 5 350 EUR
4 480 - 5 380 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
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Ettore Sottsass
(Italy, 1917-2007)

an 'Ultrafragola', mirror, Poltronova, Italy, 21st century.

Acrylic front, glass mirror, pink internal lighting, makers mark 'Ultrafragola Ettore Sottsass, Centro Studio Poltronova', height 195 cm, width 100 cm.

Minor wear.

More information

The model was designed in 1970.

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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