Ettore Sottsass
Vase

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Vase
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DesignerItalian, born Austria, 1917–2007
MakerItalian, established 1921
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Vase
  • from the series Ceramiche di Fumo (Ceramics of Smoke)
Date1969
MediumTerra cotta
Dimensions16 15/16 × 8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (43 × 22.2 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.1495
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of the artist; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History“Recent Accessions in Design,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April18–August 10, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on the underside in white: "SESTANTE"
Signed on the underside: SoTTSAS" (sic)
Circular label on the underside marked in ink: " T / X8"

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