'100% Make Up' lidded vase, mod. 47
Designer
Alessandro Mendini
Shiro Kuramata
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Alessi
Seltmann Weiden
Origin
Italy
Year
1992
Design Museum Section
Italian Postmodern Design
Italian Ceramics
Postmodern Design
Categories
Vases, Vessels, Bottles
Designheroes ID
50970
Auction House
Phillips
Headquarter
New York, United States
Materials
Ceramic
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design Day Sale
Sale Location
New York, United States
'100% Make Up' lidded vase, mod. 47
Alessandro Mendini and Shiro Kuramata
1992
Manufactured by Seltmann Company, Weiden, Germany and Decoritalia, Calenzano, Italy for Alessi, Crusinallo, Italy.
Porcelain
38 cm (14 7/8 in.) high
Number 52 from the edition of 100 and number 4,652 from the overall edition of 10,000 from the '100% Make Up' series. Underside printed ALESSI/TENDENTSE/100%/04652/10000/MADE IN GERMANY/1992.
Literature
Alessandro Mendini, Alberto Alessi, et al., Alessandro Mendini and La Fabbrica Estetica, Cusinallo, 1992, p. 323, no. 47, p. 432, no. 47
Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, exh. cat., 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, 2011, pp. 202, 213
Deyan Sudjic, Shiro Kuramata: Catalogue of Works, London, 2013, p. 383, fig. 617