Ettore Sottsass, Jr., 'Casablanca' cabinet

designed 1981
Plastic laminate-covered wood.
230 x 161 x 40 cm (90 1/2 x 63 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Produced by Memphis, Milan, Italy. Six internal hinges printed MEMPHIS.

Provenance

Bonhams, London, 'Vision 21', 24 October 2007, lot 351
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Barbara Radice, Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, London, 1985, p. 37
Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass Jun. Designer, Artist, Architect, Tübingen, 1993, p. 98
Stefano Casciani, 'Vent'anni dopo', Domus, no. 841, October 2001, p. 113
Ronald T. Labaco, Ettore Sottsass: Architect and Designer, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2006, p. 117
Emilia Terragni, ed., Sottsass, London, 2014, p. 304