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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 7, 2019 | Sotheby's | New York | Design | 257 | $****** - ****** | “BARBARELLA” DESK, "TRANQUILLA" VARIANT |
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128.3 x 110.5 x 38.7 cm (50.5 x 43.5 x 15.25 in)
cherry-veneered wood, laminate-covered wood, brass
Private Collection, Ohio
Sotheby's New York, March 28, 2008, lot 64
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Ettore Sottsass: Drawings Over Four Decades, exh. cat., Galerie für Design-Zeichnungen, Frankfurt, 1990, n. p. (for an original drawing of the "Buona" version of the model)
Ronald T. Labaco, Ettore Sottsass: Architect and Designer, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, London, 2006, p. 21 (for the "Buona" version of the model)
Philippe Thomé, Sottsass, London, 2014, p. 174 (for the "Buona" version of the model)
produced by Poltronova, Agliana, Italy