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Click here to subscribeAN OLIVETTI PERSONAL COMPUTER M24, COLOUR MONITOR AND KEYBOARD 2, with an Installation and Operations Guide with disks, an MS-DOS user guide and disks, an MS GW-Basic Interpreter under MS-DOS user guide, comes with three cables, not checked, together with four boxed Psion Series items, comprising 256K-s pocket sized computer, a Solid State Disk 256K Flash, Spell Checker and Thesaurus and a UK mains adapter
ETTORE SOTTSASS (Austria, 1917 - Italy, 2007).Dividing furniture "Carlton".Edition Memphis s.r.l., Milan, 1981.Wood and laminated plastic.Measurements: 197 x 190 x 41 cm.Work reproduced in the book "Le mobilier du XX siècle", by Pierre Kjellberg (France; Amateur, 1996); in "Furniture design in the 20th century", by Sembach, Leuthäuser and Gössel, p. 215 (Cologne; Benedikt Taschen, 1988); in "El diseño de los 80", by Bangert and Armer, p. 17 (Madrid; Nerea) and in other monographs on contemporary design.Other examples of this same design are held in prominent collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York.Sottsass is not only one of the most influential designers of the second half of the 20th century, but also one of the most paradoxical. On the one hand he developed a successful career making industrial designs for the Olivetti firm, from typewriters and computers to office interiors, and on the other he created striking and unconventional objects that challenge the bourgeois clientele to redraw their concept of the limit of "good taste". Between 1981 and 1988, Sottsass created markedly nonconformist furniture together with a small group of international architects, with whom he formed the Memphis group. The totemic "Carlton", a groundbreaking concept of dividing furniture, is a spectacular example of his Memphis designs. Although intended for the luxury market and manufactured with high quality, it is made of laminated plastic, a very cheap material that replaces hardwoods. The bright colors, as well as the seemingly random dialogue of full and empty, are close to avant-garde painting and sculpture. However, a characteristic feature of Sottsass' work is noticeable: beneath the shiny surface lies a completely logical structural system, based on real and implicit equilateral triangles.The "Carlton" model was, together with the "Casablanca" sideboard, Sottsass' contribution to the first Memphis collection (1981).Ettore Sottsass was a prominent Italian architect and designer of the second half of the 20th century, founder of the Memphis design group. He studied at the Polytechnic University of Turin, and after serving three years in the army, in 1947 he set up his own office in Milan, called "The Studio". He worked as a design consultant for Olivetti for more than twenty years, creating for the firm the "Valentina" typewriter (1969), which revolutionized the market, and the "Elea 9003" calculator, among other classic designs. He was also internationally known as an architect, involved in numerous projects around the world. Throughout his career he collaborated with leading figures in the world of architecture and design, such as Aldo Cibic, James Irvine and Matteo Thun. In 1981 he founded the Memphis Group, of which he would become one of the leaders, together with Barbara Radice. Sottsass enjoys international prestige thanks to his pioneering work in the renewal of design and architecture, which has managed to overcome the severe functionalism that preceded and followed World War II. In his language, this influential master of Italian design puts the potential energy and vitality of design and color before rigidity and intellectuality. He is currently represented at MoMA and the Metropolitan in New York, the Design Museum in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
δ Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005)Cloud Atomic Laboratory. Television Series 'Lost in Space': Robot as in 'Forbidden Planet'; Soviet Dog and Man Exit Space ChamberPhoto-etching, 1971, signed, dated and inscribed Artist's Proof in pencil, one of 10 a/ps aside from the edition of 75, printed and published by Editions Alecto, London, commissioned by British Olivetti, on J. Barcham Green Crisbrook wove paper, with full margins, sheet 220 x 465mm (8 5/8 x 18 3/8in) ProvenanceA gift from the artist to his student and studio colleague Helmut SalbornPrivate Collection UK aquired from the above.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005)Cloud Atomic Laboratory. Chimpanzee in a Test Box Designed for Space Flight; Mobot Mark IPhoto-etching, 1971, signed, dated and inscribed Artist's Proof in pencil, one of 10 a/ps aside from the edition of 75, printed and published by Editions Alecto, London, commissioned by British Olivetti, on J. Barcham Green Crisbrook wove paper, with full margins, sheet 220 x 465mm (8 5/8 x 18 3/8in) ProvenanceA gift from the artist to his student and studio colleague Helmut SalbornPrivate Collection UK aquired from the above.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Studio BBPR, a ‘Spazio’ desk for Olivetti, c.1959, moulded mark to underside - 'Olivetti Arredamenti, Metallici, Spazio', The rectangular green felt lined top on green enamelled tubular steel legs with plastic disc feet, 81cm high, 95cm wide, 81cm deepCondition Report:felt top in good general condition. Two plastic fittings to corners of table top are cracked, one has been re-glued, one plastic foot is broken with signs of re-gluing. Signs of surface war and oxidisation to all supports.
Studio BBPR, a ‘Spazio’ modular bookcase for Olivetti,c.1959,In green enamelled steel, with two open sections each with five adjustable shelves, with one cupboard section enclosing five shelves, on tubular supports with plastic disc feet,200cm high, 252cm wide, 35cm deepPlease refer to department for condition report
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (British, 1924-2005)Cloud Atomic Laboratory The complete set of eight photo etchings printed in black, 1971, each on wove, signed, dated and numbered 6/75 in pencil, printed by Alecto Studios, London, published by Editions Alecto, London, for a commission by British Olivetti, with the title pages, list of plates and accompanying portfolio case, each with full margins, 353 x 530mm (13 7/8 x 20 7/8in)(and similar)(SH)(8)Footnotes:Click for an instant shipping quoteThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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