A rare "Elledue" double bed, designed by Ettore Sottsass,
1970, for Poltronova, Italy, vacuum-moulded fibreglass, height 70 cm, 247 x 217 cm. (DRAX)
Provenance: private collection, Tuscany, Italy; acquired from Sergio Cammilli, the owner of Poltronova
This design was part of the "Mobili Grigi" series, which comprised a bedroom and a living room with storage furniture, a table, chairs, a large wall mirror ("Ultrafragole"), and lamps ("Bruco", "Cometa"). Except for the lamps and the mirror, these avant-gardist furniture objects were only produced in limited numbers.
Lit.: Domus, 488, July 1970 (3rd Eurodomus Exhibition, Palazzo d’Arte, Milano) - Casa Vogue, November 1970 - B. Radice, Ettore Sottsass. A Critical Biography, London 1993, pp. 129 (drawings), pp. 130/31 - M.-L. Jousset, Ettore Sottsass, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1994, S. 78 - Ettore Sottsass, Vorrei sapere perché…, Electa 2007, p. 75, pp.74/80 (about Portronova) - E. Ambasz, Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, MoMA, New York 1972, pp. 380-387 (on the "Mobili Grigi" series).
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
20.05.2015 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 56,250.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 35,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
A rare "Elledue" double bed, designed by Ettore Sottsass,
1970, for Poltronova, Italy, vacuum-moulded fibreglass, height 70 cm, 247 x 217 cm. (DRAX)
Provenance: private collection, Tuscany, Italy; acquired from Sergio Cammilli, the owner of Poltronova
This design was part of the "Mobili Grigi" series, which comprised a bedroom and a living room with storage furniture, a table, chairs, a large wall mirror ("Ultrafragole"), and lamps ("Bruco", "Cometa"). Except for the lamps and the mirror, these avant-gardist furniture objects were only produced in limited numbers.
Lit.: Domus, 488, July 1970 (3rd Eurodomus Exhibition, Palazzo d’Arte, Milano) - Casa Vogue, November 1970 - B. Radice, Ettore Sottsass. A Critical Biography, London 1993, pp. 129 (drawings), pp. 130/31 - M.-L. Jousset, Ettore Sottsass, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1994, S. 78 - Ettore Sottsass, Vorrei sapere perché…, Electa 2007, p. 75, pp.74/80 (about Portronova) - E. Ambasz, Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, MoMA, New York 1972, pp. 380-387 (on the "Mobili Grigi" series).
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: | 20.05.2015 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 13.05. - 20.05.2015 |
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