Property from the Collection of Renzo Brugola O♦
118. Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
1917-2007
Prototype ‘Commode column’, circa 1963 Oak-veneered wood, oak, maple-veneered wood, painted maple-veneered wood, painted wood, painted steel. 218.2 x 50 x 50.2 cm (85 7/8 x 19 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.) Executed by Renzo Brugola, Lissone, Italy. Together with original early preparatory sketch. Estimate £130,000-180,000 $170,000-235,000 €146,000-202,000 Provenance Renzo Brugola, Lissone Thence by descent Literature ‘Elementi per una esposizione di mobili’, Domus, no. 405, August 1963, p. 28 for a similar example ‘Ettore Sottsass jr.: una stanza da letto’, Domus, no. 426, May 1965, pp. 52, 55 for similar examples ‘In a living-room’, Domus, no. 446, January 1967, p. 24 for a similar example Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass Jun. Designer, Artist, Architect, Tübingen, 1993, pp. 77, 86 for similar examples Milco Carboni, Ettore Sottsass Jr. ’60-’70, exh. cat., FRAC Centre, Orléans, 2006, p. 88 for a similar example
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