Ettore Sottsass | August 2019
The Begani gallery features furniture and objects designed by Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), produced in the period between the early 1960s and the 2000s, beginning with some classics made for Poltronova, such as its first furniture components, the Sandretta and Ultrafragola mirrors (1965, 1970), and the Bastonio chest of drawers (1963), and arriving up to the Odalisca totem (1980) for Mirabili and some of the Short Stories made of ceramic and Murano glass (2003). Also featured are a wide selection of ceramic objects designed by Sottsass for Il Sestante alongside vases from the fifties and sixties designed by Aldo Londi (1911-2003) for Bitossi.
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Ultrafragola, Poltronova 1970
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Odalisca, Mirabili 1980
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Bastonio, Poltronova 1963
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Allodola, Short Stories 2003
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Ibis, Short Stories 2003
PETER SHIRE, Brazil, Memphis 1981
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Marabù, Short Stories 2003
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Yantra di terracotta, Poltronova 1969
ALDO LONDI, Milano Moderna, Bitossi 1950/1960
ALDO LONDI, Vasi a pettine, Bitossi 1960/1970
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Sandretta, Poltronova 1965
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Umbrella stands and planters, Poltronova 1958-61
ETTORE SOTTSASS, Dado, Poltronova 1963