Ettore Sottsass Jr. 'Asteroid' table lamp c. 1968 Coloured methacrylate, fluorescent tube, painted aluminium, chrome-plated metal. 72.4 cm. (28 1/2 in.) high Manufactured by Francesconi for Design Centre, Italy and distributed by Poltronova, Italy.
Literature Emilio Ambasz Italy: The New Domestic Landscape: Achievements and Problems of Italian Design, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972, p. 106; Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass Jun. Designer, Artist, Architect, Tübingen, 1993, p. 90; Fulvio Ferrari and Napoleone Ferrari, Luce: Lampade 1968-1973: il nuovo design italiano, Turin, 2002, pl. 153; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds, Domus Vol. VI 1965-1969, Cologne, 2006, pp. 436 and 500 for similar examples
Ettore Sottsass Jr. 'Asteroid' table lamp c. 1968 Coloured methacrylate, fluorescent tube, painted aluminium, chrome-plated metal. 72.4 cm. (28 1/2 in.) high Manufactured by Francesconi for Design Centre, Italy and distributed by Poltronova, Italy.
Literature Emilio Ambasz Italy: The New Domestic Landscape: Achievements and Problems of Italian Design, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972, p. 106; Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass Jun. Designer, Artist, Architect, Tübingen, 1993, p. 90; Fulvio Ferrari and Napoleone Ferrari, Luce: Lampade 1968-1973: il nuovo design italiano, Turin, 2002, pl. 153; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds, Domus Vol. VI 1965-1969, Cologne, 2006, pp. 436 and 500 for similar examples
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