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Object NameFlower Vase

Artist Ettore Sottsass (Italian, b. Austria, 1917-2007)

Design Collaborative Memphis Group (Italian, 1981-1987)

Studio Toso Vetri d'Arte

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Datedesigned in 1982

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano; Italy, Milano, Milan

Techniqueblown, assembled while hot, hot applications, applied decorations

SizeOverall H: 35.1 cm, Diam: 27.1 cm, L: 31.1 cm

Accession Number88.3.12

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent blue/aqua, red, yellow, green, black non-lead glasses; blown, assembled while hot, hot applications. Large vessel loosely based on classical amphora shape; top to bottom: tall, flared collared neck section with thick blue lip wrap with two applied angled loops (aqua and red); neck attaches to bulbous blue body decorated with scattered loops in multiple colors, some attached only to body, others connecting body and neck, and body to wide, slightly conical colorless base with overall mold or tool marks; all colored loops attached with colorless bits.
Provenance

Source Memphis Milano, International Design Center - 1987-12-30