Last Chance ETTORE SOTTSASS SHIVA VASE MEMPHIS Authentic New Condition W box For Sale

ETTORE SOTTSASS SHIVA VASE POTTERY MEMPHIS with Original box

BRAND NEW CONDITION--Never Used (Box has minor imperfections see images)

An iconic pink Memphis vase in the shape of the

penis from the Postmodern master, Ettore Sottsass. Designed for B.D. Barcelona

in 1973.

Sottsass commented on his Shiva vase: "I continue to produce small, small, small

architectures, such as this ceramic piece, for example, a little like

monuments, a little like tombs, a little like abandoned temples of the

gods."Memphis" was not to appear on the scene for another 10 years,

but Ettore Sottsass had already by then been visiting India for a decade. His

“little architectures”, such as this little flower vase, owe a great deal to

that..."

The Memphis Movement was an Italian

architecture and design group founded by Ettore Sottsass. The group was active

from 1981 to 1987. The Memphis Milano style bears bold colors, geometric and

assymetrical shapes, the Post-Modern child of Art Deco and Pop Art. It started

at a meeting called Memphis, gathering architects and designers organized by

Ettore Sottsass at his place. The name comes from a Bob Dylan song that was played

repeatedly during the reunion. From that point, Memphis presented their work

for the first time at the prestigious Salone del Mobile of Milan in 1981 where

it burst into an immediate success, extreme like their creations. Ettore

Sottsass leaves the group in 1985, and the group disbands in 1988. As extreme

it was and as criticized as it has been, the Memphis movement changed the face

of Design and Architecture but not only that; it is now a cultural icon that

still strongly  influences fashion,

graphic design or even music. The Memphis heroes continued with their own

practices to spread and evolve the ethos of that wonderful parenthesis in time

and creation.

DIMENSIONS

H 9.63 in. x W 7 in. x D 2.32 in.

H 24.47 cm x W 17.78 cm x D 5.9 cm

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES 

Glazed Ceramic

CONDITION

Excellent.

CREATOR

Ettore Sotsass (Designer)

PLACE OF ORIGIN

SpainDATE OF MANUFACTURE

1973