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Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass
(1917-2007)
Ultrafragola Mirror
Vacuum formed white acrylic,pink neon light & mirrored glass
Produced by Poltronova
c. 1970
Italy

Height 195 cm
Width 100 cm
Depth 13 cm

Presented at the third edition of Eurodomus in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror was the only piece from the Mobili Grigi collection that went into production.

Bibliography

'Proposte', Domus, no. 488, July 1970
Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography, London, 1993, p. 135
Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari, Light: Lamp 1968-1973: The New Italian Design, Turin, 2002, figs. 147-48

 

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