"Alaska" Vase, 1982
THF802469 / "Alaska" Vase, 1982
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Artifact Overview
Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass founded the Memphis Group in 1980. "Memphis Group" is often used interchangeably with the style it epitomized--Postmodernism. Purposefully outrageous, the Postmodern works that Sotsass and his Memphis Group co-members designed challenged conventions of "good" taste. Their designs were colorful and loud, sometimes referential to earlier eras, geometric, and often humorous.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Vase
Date Made
1982
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Designed in 1982 by Ettore Sottsass. Produced by Rossi & Arcandi of Monticello Conte Oro, Italy for Memphis (Group) of Italy.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2024.104.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of The Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, donated to the Stewart Collection by Dr. Michael Sze in honour of Mrs. Liliane M. Stewart.
Material
Silver (Metal)
Color
Silver (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11.75 in
Width: 7.5 in
Length: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
on base:
MEMPHIS / MILANO
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