ATAMANTE, A GLASS VASE

Details

Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, designed 1986
ATAMANTE, A GLASS VASE
Of black circular base supporting a light blue tulip shaped cone, black cylindrical stem supporting dark blue tulip shaped cone
49 cm. high
Engraved mark E. Sottsass per Memphis by Compania Vetraria Muranese

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Lot Essay

For comparison see: Exhibition catalogue, Memphis 1981-1989, Groningen, Groninger Museum, 1989, ill. 111
Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass jun., Wasmuth Verlag, berlin, 1993, p. 190, ill. 84

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