Ettore Sottsass (Italian, 1917-2007). Clesitera, 1986, Toso Vetro d'Arte for Memphis Milano. Polychrome glass. 19-5/8 in...

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Ettore Sottsass (Italian, 1917-2007)
Clesitera, 1986, Toso Vetro d'Arte for Memphis Milano
Polychrome glass
19-5/8 inches high (49.8 cm)
Signed along base E.SOTTSASS/ PER MEMPHIS MILANO

Property from the Charles and Sharon Trauring Collection, Brookline, Massachusetts

"...I would like to conquer for myself a new space, a space different from the traditional one. I want to feel free from the hermetism and myths of that extra skill that can only be conquered by staying all the time on the same problem."
Ettore Sottsass

More information about Sottsass, Ettore. See also: Sotsas, Etoreh, Sottsass, Ettore, Jr., Ettore Sottsass II Artist.

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