151 - Ettore SOTTSASS, attributed to

Ettore SOTTSASS, attributed to “Carlton” bookcase and room divider, model created in 1981, made of wood covered with polychrome melamine, featuring a hollowed-out five-level pyramidal structure forming niches and storage shelves, and a lower cabinet that opens at the front with two drawers on a solid quadrangular base Unsigned, unnumbered H. 200 cm - W. 190 cm - D. 32 cm History: Similar pieces are currently held in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. no. FNAC 1980), the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (inv. no. 2000.16.1), and the Milwaukee Art Museum in the United States (inv. no. K117) Bibliography: - Brigitte Fitouswemphis, Thames & Hudson, London, 1998; a similar model is reproduced on the cover - Giuliana Gramigna, *Repertorio del Design italiano 1950–2000 per l'arredamento domestico*, Volume I, Umberto Allemandi Cie, Turin, 2003, similar model referenced and reproduced on p. 294 - Anne Bony, *Design: From the Pop Years to the Present Day*, Larousse, Paris, 2019, similar model reproduced on pp. 214–215