Lot: 588
Ettore Sottsass
Prototype Glass object 'Grinno', 1986
H. 46 cm, Ø 15 cm.
Toso Vetri d'Arte, Murano for Memphis, Milan.
Glass, orange, olive green, turquoise blue, opaque white.
Marked: E. SOTTSASS PER MEMPHIS BY TOSO VETRI D'ARTE.
With a small sketch and original signature of the artist on the original packaging.
Estimate: 2,200 € - 2,800 €
178B - Design
02. July 2025 at 3:00 PM CEST
02. July 2025 at 3:00 PM CEST
Literature:
Cf. Barbero, Ettore Sottsass Glass, Milan 2017, p. 198. From the Otto Bantele Collection.
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