a "Max" bookcase, Memphis, Italy, post 1987.
Bird's eye maple, plastic laminate, acrylic, terrazzo, unit features two drawers and a drop-front bar, manufacturer's label MEMPHIS MILANO E. SOTTSASS 1987 MADE IN ITALY. Width 134 cm, depth 32 cm, height 225 cm.
Wear, marks, some scuffing/damage to laminate.
Private Collection, Sweden. Read more about the Memphis Group – A private collection.
Designed in 1987.
This lot is being sold on behalf of the Swedish Enforcement Authority.
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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