Peter Shire
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a "Hollywood" occasional table, Memphis, Italy, post 1983.
Plastic laminate, enamelled steel, manufacturer's label MEMPHIS MILANO PETER SHIRE 1983 MADE IN ITALY. Length 75 cm, width 75 cm, height 58 cm.
Wear, hairline crack in the laminate on the top.
Provenance
Private Collection, Sweden. Read more about the Memphis Group – A private collection.
Literature
Barbara Radice, "Memphis: Research, Experiences, Failures and Successes of New Design", Thames & Hudson 1994, model illustrated p. 126.
More information
Designed in 1983.
This lot is being sold on behalf of the Swedish Enforcement Authority.
Designer
Peter Shire is an American artist and designer. At the beginning of the 1980s, Shire was invited by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass to join the Memphis Group in Milan, where he, together with other young designers, revolted against the conventional design ideals.
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