PROPERTY FROM A FLORIDA COLLECTION Ettore Sottsass Jr. “Menta” totem circa 1985 Glazed earthenware. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm) high (ceramic only) 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm) diameter Produced by Bitossi, Italy. First artist's proof from the edition of 20. Interior of one component inscribed in black marker SOTTSASS/FLAVIA Montelupo, a second component inscribed in pen and pencil with PRIMO/PA/ES/Ettore Sottsass and with sticker printed le ceramiche di/BITOSSI. Together with later painted wood plinth.
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist, 1985 Literature Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass jun., Berlin, 1993, p. 169, fig 38 Fulvio Ferrari Ettore Sottsass Tutta La Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 139, fig. 626 Catalogue Essay Sottsass conceived the design for the “Menta” totem in 1967 but did not produce it until the mid-1980s, when Sergio Cammilli included it in the “Mirabili” collection. The collection was produced by Bitossi, a frm Sottsass had worked with since the early 1960s. The design for “Menta” is contemporary to totems he showed at Sperone Gallery, Milan in 1967 at an exhibition titled “Menhir, Ziggurat, Stupas, Hydrants and Gas Pumps.” The present lot is the frst artist’s proof for the edition of 20 produced by Bitossi and distributed by Mirabili. Unlike later examples in the edition it was signed by Sottsass and does not include a Bitossiproduced laminated plinth. Read More
PROPERTY FROM A FLORIDA COLLECTION Ettore Sottsass Jr. “Menta” totem circa 1985 Glazed earthenware. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm) high (ceramic only) 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm) diameter Produced by Bitossi, Italy. First artist's proof from the edition of 20. Interior of one component inscribed in black marker SOTTSASS/FLAVIA Montelupo, a second component inscribed in pen and pencil with PRIMO/PA/ES/Ettore Sottsass and with sticker printed le ceramiche di/BITOSSI. Together with later painted wood plinth.
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist, 1985 Literature Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass jun., Berlin, 1993, p. 169, fig 38 Fulvio Ferrari Ettore Sottsass Tutta La Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 139, fig. 626 Catalogue Essay Sottsass conceived the design for the “Menta” totem in 1967 but did not produce it until the mid-1980s, when Sergio Cammilli included it in the “Mirabili” collection. The collection was produced by Bitossi, a frm Sottsass had worked with since the early 1960s. The design for “Menta” is contemporary to totems he showed at Sperone Gallery, Milan in 1967 at an exhibition titled “Menhir, Ziggurat, Stupas, Hydrants and Gas Pumps.” The present lot is the frst artist’s proof for the edition of 20 produced by Bitossi and distributed by Mirabili. Unlike later examples in the edition it was signed by Sottsass and does not include a Bitossiproduced laminated plinth. Read More
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