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Ettore Sottsass

(Italian, 1917–2007)

Ettore Sottsass

Mobile Giallo, A Cabinet, 1988

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Ettore Sottsass

Bibliothèque dite MAX, 1987

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Biography

Timeline

1917: Born in Innsbruck, Austria
1939: Graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic
1945: Opened his own practice in Milan
1956: Invited to design furniture for Polotronova
1958: Appointed as design consultant to Olivetti’s new electronics division
1967: Co-founded the Planeta Fresco literary magazine with Allen Ginsberg
1973: Founded Global Tools design school with Archizoom and Superstudio
1980: Formed Memphis design collective
1981: Founded Sottsass Associati
2007: Died on December 31

Exhibitions

2012: Ettore Sottsass, A Survey: 1992-2007. Friedman Benda, New York, NY
: Ettore Sottsass: Keramik (Ceramic). Hetjens-Museum Dusseldorf, Deutches
: Keramikmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
2011: Postmodernism. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
: Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass. 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, Japan
: Enamels 1958. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010: European Design Since 1985. Shaping the New Century. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
: Un Piccolo Omaggio a Mondrian. Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2009: European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2008 - 2009: Homage à Ettore Sottsass. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: 5. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst. Berlin, Germany
: Design Cities. Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2008: Vorrei Sapere Perche, una mostra su Ettore Sottsass. Trieste Museum, Trieste, Italy
: Ettore Sottsass Archetypes 1965-1995. Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2007: Design contre Design—Deux siècles de creations. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France
: Ettore Sottsass. Ghent Museum, Ghent, Belgium
: Ettore Sottsass New Works 2005-2007. Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY
: Metafore. Gallerie Enrico Formello, Prato, Italy
: Ettore Sottsass A Life in Design. Design Museum, London, UK
2006: Ettore Sottsass: Architect and Designer. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA
2005: Ettore Sottsass. Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
: US Design. 1975-2000. Traveling exhibition. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
2004: Ettore Sottsass. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
: Ettore Sottsass. Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
: US Design. 1975-2000. Traveling exhibition. Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL (February-May); American Craft Museum, New York, NY (June-October)
: Ettore Sottsass. Museo d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
2003: 20 Years of Designs for Olivetti. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: Ettore Sottsass. Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany
2002: "Esercisi / Exercises --- New Ceramics & Prints by Ettore Sottsass, jr." (including the launch of his final book of images, "Esercisi/Exercises" by ACS Editions), URBAN ARCHITECTURE Gallery, NYC
: Biennale di Venezia
2001: Memphis Remembered. The London Design Museum, London, England
2000: Museum of Modern Art, Gifu, Japan
: Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan
: Marugame Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
: Living Design Center Ozone, Tokyo, Japan
: Niitsu Art Forum, Niigata, Japan
: Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
: Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
1999: Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea L. Pecci, Prato, Italy
1997: Gallery Binnen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Designed for Delight. Alternative aspects of twentieth-century decorative arts. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
: Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakow, Poland; Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1996: Gallery Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
: Galleria Dessa, Ljubljana, Slovenia
: Gallery Ma, Tokyo, Japan
: Mourmans Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
: Design Gallery, Milan, Italy
: "TOTEMS --- Sculptures & Drawings by Ettore Sottsass, jr.", URBAN ARCHITECTURE Gallery, NYC
: Biennale di Venezia
: Gallery Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
1994: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: La ultima oportunidad de ser vanguardia. Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
: Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany
1993: Ettore Sottsass: Adesso pero. Reisseerinnerungen. Deichtorhallen Museum, Hamburg, Germany
1991: Energieen Exhibition. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
: Biennale di Venezia
: Il dolce Stilnovo della casa. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
1990: Memphis 1981-1988. Traveling exhibition: Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1989: Yamagiwa Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
1988: Bharata. Design Gallery, Milan, Italy
1987: Ettore Sottsass: Furniture for the Ritual of Life. Blum Helmann Gallery, New York, NY
: Documenta 8. Kassel, Germany
1985: Ceremonial Lights. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York
: XVII Milan Triennial, Milan, Italy
1983 - 1984: Design Since 1945. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1982: Materialidea. Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1981: Axis Galley, Tokyo, Japan
1980: Forum Design, Linz, Austria
1978: Biennale di Venezia
1976: Golden Eye: An International Tribute to the Artisans of India. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
: Design Zentrum, Berlin
: Biennale di Venezia
: Ettore Sottsass Jr. De l’objet fini à la fin de lobjet. Musée des Arts décoratif, Paris, France
: Centro de Diseño Industrial, Barcelona, Spain
: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
: Visual Art Board, Sidney, Australia
1975: Architectural Studies and projects. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1972: The New Domestic Landscape. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Ceramiche tantriche. Galleria la Nuova Loggia, Bologna, Italy
1969: Paesaggio per una pianeta fresco. Sverige Arckitecturmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
: Ceramiche di fumo. Galleria il Sestante, Milan, Italy
1968: Design Center, Milan, Italy
: Museum of Modern Art, New York
: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1967: Ceramiche sbagliate. Poltronova, Italy
: Ettore Sottsass Jr. La Bertesca, Genoa, Italy
: Menhirs, Ziggurat, Stupas, Hydrant & Gas Pumps. Galleria Sperone, Genova, Italy
1966: Centro Fly Casa, Milan, Italy
: La Casa abitata. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
1965: Galleria Sperone, Turin, Italy
: Le belle ragazze. Libreria Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy
: Galleria Tornabuoni, Florence, Italy
: Galleria il Sestante, Milan, Italy
1964: Offerta a Shiva. Galleria Aquilone, Florence, Italy
1963: Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea. Bari, Italy
: Ceramiche delle Tenebre. Galleria il Sestante, Milan, Italy
1961: New York from Italy. Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, CA
: Goldsmit's Hall, London
1960: XII Milan Triennial. Milan, Italy
1958: Galleria il Sestante, Milan, Italy
1957: XI Milan Triennial. Milan, Italy
: Galleria il Sestante, Milan, Italy
: Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, Italy
1955: Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy
1954: X Milan Triennial. Milan, Italy
1946: Palais des Beaux-Art, Parigi
: XVII Milan Triennial, Milan, Italy

Public Collections

: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Neues Museum, Nuremberg, Germany
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
: Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
: Design Museum, London, England
: Design Museum, Ghent, The Netherlands
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
: Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
: Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
: Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

Literature

2002: M. Carboni, B. Radice, Ettore Sottsass. Metaphors, Skirà, Milano
: M. Carboni, B. Radice, Ettore Sottsass: scritti 1946/2002, Neri Pozza Editore, Milano
1996: F. Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass: tutta la ceramica, Allemandi, Torino
1994: A.V., Ettore Sottsass, Centre Georege Pompidou, Paris
1993: H. Hoger, Ettore Sottsass jr., Wasmuth, Berlin
: B. Radice, Ettore Sottsass, Electa, Milano
1991: P. Thomé, Ettore Sottsass Jr. De l'object a l'environment, Ginevra
: J. Burney, Ettore Sottsass, Trefoil, Londra
1990: A.V., Ettore Sottsass: drawings over four decades, Ikon, Frankfurt
1987: G. De Bure, Ettore Sottsass Jr, Rivages, Paris
1985: G. Sambonet, Ettore Sottsass: mobili e arredamenti, Mondadori, Milano
1982: P. Sparke, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Design Council, London
1981: B. Radice, Memphis: the new international style, Electa, Milano
1976: A.V, Ettore Sottsass: de l'object fini a la fin de l'object, M. Art Decoratif, Paris

Ettore Sottsass

(Italian, 1917–2007)

Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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