MURMANSK, A SILVER CENTREPIECE

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Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, designed 1982
MURMANSK, A SILVER CENTREPIECE
The circular dish with everted rim supported by six zigzag columns on a circular base
30 cm. high and 35 cm. diam.
Stamped mark Memphis Milano

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Lot Essay

For comparison see: Memphis 1981-1988, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 1989, ill. 158
Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass jun., Wasmuth Verlag, berlin, 1993, p. 187, ill. 76
Exhibition catalogue, Ettore Sottsass, Paris, Centre Pompidou, 1994, p. 96
Exhibition catalogue, Ettore Sottsass Furniture and a Few Interiors, Milano, Galleria Rocca6, 1985, p. 81
Barbara Radice, Memphis, Milano, 1984, p. 117

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