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Vase/ candleholder , Ettore Sottsass ,Evasioni Collection 1994
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ETTORE SOTTSASS
Innsbruck, Austria 1917.
One of the most significant figures in the post-war Italian design. Founder of Memphis a design collective and member of the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus.
His work with Olivetti lead to the award-winning typewriter Valentine, and other important pieces, winning the Compasso d’Oro prize in 1959.
Permanent collection at MOMA.