Frieze Masters 2023

Friedman Benda | Booth G09

Tondo (FF no. 194), 1959
Ceramic
12.5 x 12.5 inches
31.5 x 31.5 cm
Unique

Tondo (FF no. 197), 1959
Ceramic
13.25 x 13.25 inches
33.5 x 33.5 cm
Unique

Tondo (FF no. 217), 1959
Ceramic
13.25 x 13.25 inches
33.5 x 33.5 cm
Unique

Tondo (FF no. 220), 1959
Ceramic
12 x 12 inches
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Unique

Tondo (FF no. 224), 1959
Ceramic
12 x 12 inches
31 x 31 cm
Unique

Provenance
Estate of Ettore Sottsass, Jr. (all five “Tondo” works)

Exhibition History
Ettore Sottsass: Keramik (Ceramic). Hetjens-Museum, Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany. November 6, 2011 – February 26, 2012. (FF no. 194, 197)

Il Sestante di Milano, Milan, Italy, February 10, 1960. (FF no. 220)

Literature
Fulvio Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass: Tutta La Ceramica, Turin, Italy: Umberto Allemandi & Co., 1996, pp. 64-66. (FF no. 194, 197, 217, 220, 224)

Sally Schöne, Ettore Sottsass: auch der Turm von Babel war aus gabrannter Erde (and the Tower of Babel was also made of Terracotta), exh. cat., Cologne, Germany: Wienand, 2011, pp. 92-93. (FF no. 194, 197)

Fulvio Ferrari, Sottsass: 1000 Ceramics, Turin, Italy: AdArte s.r.l., 2017, pp. 52-54. (FF no. 194, 217, 220, 224)

Museum Collection
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (FF no. 203 from “Tondo” series)