Frieze Masters 2023
Friedman Benda | Booth G09
Ettore Sottsass [Italian, 1917-2007] produced by Poltronova
Sideboard (Model MS. 120), 1959
Veneered wood, painted wood, brass
30 x 45.75 x 17.25 inches
76 x 116 x 44 cm
Literature
“Elementi di arredamento: armadi, tavoli, specchi, ceramiche”, Domus no. 353, April 1959, pp. 39, 43 (white/yellow stacked version).
“Un arredamentoo a Genova / Ettore Sottsass, arch.,” Domus no. 356, July 1959, pp. 19-20 (white version).
“Interni a Milano / Ettore Sottsass jr., arch.,” Domus no. 362, January 1960, pp. 29, 34 (yellow stacked version in Ettore Sottsass’ Milan apartment).
“Per chi deve scegliere mobili di serie / produzione Poltronova,” Domus no. 407, October 1963, p. d/165 (single sideboard version in Poltronova promotion).
Catalogo Produzione Poltronova, 1958-1963, pp. 46, 48.
Catalogo Produzione Poltronova, 1964, p. 46 (single sideboard version).
J.P. Morris, Il nuovo arredamento / New Interiors / Die Neue Wohnungseinrichtung, Milan: Alfieri, 1964, p. 62 (white/yellow stacked version; white or yellow version).
Irene De Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni ’40 e ’50, Rome, Italy: Laterza, 1992, p. 267 (white version).
Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass Jun. Designer, Artist, Architect, Tübingen: Wasmuth, 1993, p. 79 (stacked with ML. 120).
Francesca Balena Arista, Poltronova Backstage: Archizoom, Sottsass and Superstudio, Italy: Fortino Editions, 2016, p. 134 (white version in Poltronova showroom).
Gean Moreno and Alex Gartenfeld, Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory, exh. cat., Munich; London; New York: Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami and Prestel Verlag, 2020, p. 124 (white version in Poltronova showroom).
Ivan Mietton, Sottsass Poltronova 1958-1974, Paris: Edition Skira, 2021, pp. 22, 55, 64, 68 (white version in design office; green version detail; white/yellow, red/red stacked versions; yellow, red, and blue versions).
