ID 976524
Lot 93 | ETTORE SOTTSASS (1917-2007)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
Unique and Important 'Menhir della Vita', 1966
executed by Bitossi, Montelupo Fiorentino
glazed ceramic, laminated wood
7 ft. 8 in. (233.7 cm) high, 1 ft. (30.5 cm) diameter (without base)
three elements signed SOTTSASS '66 and each element is numbered
Provenance
Collection of the artist
Estate of the artist
More Gallery, Switzerland, 2013
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
T. Trini, "Ceramiche 67", Domus, no. 455, October 1967, p. 30
F. Pivano, "Ettore Sottsass: Ceramiche dal 1955 al 1970" Domus, May 1993, no. 749, p. 71
B. Bischofbeger, Ettore Sottsass Ceramics, Switzerland, 1995, p. 87
F. Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass: Tutta la Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 145
M. Carboni, ed., Ettore Sottsass Jr., '60-'70, exh. cat. FRAC Centre, Oreleans, May-July 2006, p. 103
S. Schöne, Ettore Sottsass: And The Tower of Babel Was Also Made of Terracotta, Cologne, 2011, p. 71 (for a drawing)
Ettore Sottsass Ceramics, exh. cat. Hetjens Museum, Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2012, p. 106
P. Thomé, Ettore Sottsass, New York, 2014, pp. 211, 212 (for a drawing), 213
F. Ferrari, Sottsass: One Thousand Ceramics, Turin, 2017, pp. 127-128
G. Moreno and A. Gartenfeld, Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory, exh. cat., Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, 2020, pp. 71 (drawing), 76 (drawing), 77-78
M.-A.Brayer, Ettore Sottsass: l'objet magique, exh. cat., Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2021, p. 79
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria Sperone, Menhir, Ziggurat, Stupas, Hydrants & Gas Pumps, April 1967, then traveled to Genoa, Galleria La Bertesca, June 1967
Agliana, Poltronova, Ceramiche Sbagliate, September 1967
Paris, Centre George Pompidou, Ettore Sottsass, April-September 1994
Maastricht, The Netherlands, Gallery Mourmans, Ettore Sottsass: Works '62 -'72, March 2013
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Breuer, Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical, July - October 2017
Miami, ICA Miami, Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory, April-October 2019
Artist: | Ettore Sottsass (1917 - 2007) |
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Medium: | Ceramic |
Art style: | Postmodern |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
Artist: | Ettore Sottsass (1917 - 2007) |
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Medium: | Ceramic |
Art style: | Postmodern |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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