Unique 'Superbox' wardrobe
Designer
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Poltronova
Origin
Italy
Year
1968
Design Museum Section
Italian Postmodern Design
Design-Art: Limited Editions | One-Offs
Categories
Wardrobes
Designheroes ID
8500
Auction House
Artcurial
Headquarter
Paris, France
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Repertorio Sottsass
Sale Location
Paris, France
Unique 'Superbox' wardrobe
Wooden structure covered with white, black and grey melamine
1968
h: 205 w: 80 d: 80 cm
Catalog note
Certificate from The Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken enclosed
Exhibited
Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical, The Met Breuer, New York. July-October 2017
Literature
E. Ambasz (Ed.), Italy: the New Domestic Landscape, MoMA Publishing, New York, 1972. Variation of the model shown on pp. 104 and 105
B. Radice (ed), Ettore Sottsass, There is a planet, catalogue of the exhibition at the Milan Triennale, September 2017-March 2018. Published by Triennale Design Museum, Electa, Milan, 2017. Variation of the model shown on p. 43
M. Carboni , Ettore Sottsass Jr. '60 - '70, Éditions HYX, Orléans, 2006. Sketches and variants of the model shown on pp. 106-109
E. Sottsass, Vorrei sapere perché, Catalogue of the exhibition at the Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, December 2007 - March 2008. Electa Publishing, Milan, 2007. Variations of the model shown on pp. 192 and 193
P. Thomé, Sottsass, Phaidon Publishing, London, 2014. Variations of the model shown on pp. 194 and 195
B. Radice (ed), Ettore Sottsass, There is a planet, catalogue of the exhibition at the Milan Triennale, September 2017-March 2018. Published by Triennale Design Museum, Electa, Milan, 2017. Variation of the model shown on p. 43
M. Carboni , Ettore Sottsass Jr. '60 - '70, Éditions HYX, Orléans, 2006. Sketches and variants of the model shown on pp. 106-109
E. Sottsass, Vorrei sapere perché, Catalogue of the exhibition at the Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, December 2007 - March 2008. Electa Publishing, Milan, 2007. Variations of the model shown on pp. 192 and 193
P. Thomé, Sottsass, Phaidon Publishing, London, 2014. Variations of the model shown on pp. 194 and 195
Provenance
Sergio Cammilli Collection, founder of Poltronova
Private collection, Turin
Private collection, Germany
Private collection, Turin
Private collection, Germany
Object
Unique 'Superbox' wardrobe
Designer
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Poltronova
Origin
Italy
Year
1968
Design Museum Section
Italian Postmodern Design
Design-Art: Limited Editions | One-Offs
Categories
Wardrobes
Designheroes ID
8500
Auction House
Artcurial
Headquarter
Paris, France
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Repertorio Sottsass
Sale Location
Paris, France
