A rare "Totem", designed by Ettore Sottsass *,
1964/66, manufactured by Manifattura Ceramica Bitossi, Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy, 1966, glazed earthenware, white lacquered wooden base, paper label to the base: 1, incised monogram to the interior of the bottom section: MB, height 280 cm, base 15 x 48 x 48 cm. (DRAX)
This ‘Totem’ differs from later examples in several aesthetic features and in details of the inside mounting. According to Sergio Cammilli, this object might be the first ‘Totem’ realised for Sottsass by Bitossi.
Provenance:
private collection, Tuscany, Italy, purchased by Sergio Cammilli
Lit.:
Interni, no. 478, 1998, pp. 84-89, ill. p. 87 ("Spazi con collezioni") - B. Radice, Ettore Sottsass, Milan 1993, p. 51, ill. (Galleria Sperone) - F. Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass. Tutta la Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 143, fig. 652 (design for a variant)
This ‘Totem’ differs from later examples in several aesthetic features and in details of the inside mounting. According to Sergio Cammilli, this object might be the first ‘Totem’ realised for Sottsass by Bitossi.
Provenance:
priv
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
06.11.2014 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 62,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 50,000.- to EUR 80,000.-
A rare "Totem", designed by Ettore Sottsass *,
1964/66, manufactured by Manifattura Ceramica Bitossi, Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy, 1966, glazed earthenware, white lacquered wooden base, paper label to the base: 1, incised monogram to the interior of the bottom section: MB, height 280 cm, base 15 x 48 x 48 cm. (DRAX)
This ‘Totem’ differs from later examples in several aesthetic features and in details of the inside mounting. According to Sergio Cammilli, this object might be the first ‘Totem’ realised for Sottsass by Bitossi.
Provenance:
private collection, Tuscany, Italy, purchased by Sergio Cammilli
Lit.:
Interni, no. 478, 1998, pp. 84-89, ill. p. 87 ("Spazi con collezioni") - B. Radice, Ettore Sottsass, Milan 1993, p. 51, ill. (Galleria Sperone) - F. Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass. Tutta la Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 143, fig. 652 (design for a variant)
This ‘Totem’ differs from later examples in several aesthetic features and in details of the inside mounting. According to Sergio Cammilli, this object might be the first ‘Totem’ realised for Sottsass by Bitossi.
Provenance:
priv
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.11.2014 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 29.10. - 06.11.2014 |
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