Ettore Sottsass Svincolo Lamp  

I only have a vague ...
indication, but it could be useful. Many years ago in a conversation with Ernesto Gismondi the original sponsor Ettore Sottsass' Memphis pieces, I asked him about the quantities made and he mentioned that they had produced about 50 of the Carleton bookshelf which was one of the more important pieces, but less than half of some of the less important pieces...I hope this is a fair indication.

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Lamp Description at Auction
Absolutely unique colonne- or floorlamp named "Svincolo" by Ettore Sottsass. Build in 1979 and features in several design-books as THE post-modern design-item of that year (see page 218 of "Design", issued by Librero in 2005) This is one of the estimated 10 ever made of these floorlamps. They were part of the Bauhaus-collection for Studio Alchimia, which was the inspirational step-off for the a year later starting world famous Memphis collection. The lamp features a blue print on white formica and two neon-lightbars in a chrome base on top of the colonne. The total height is 2m50. In addition to the lamp is the original invoice and a rare printed sketchbook with Sottsass's original handwritten notes and drawings of the entire Bauhaus / Alchimia collection. For literature on this lamp see: Kazuko Sato, ALCHIMIA, BERLIN,1988, p. 20, pl. 11 Hans Höger, ETTORE SOTTSASS JUN. DESIGNER, ARTIST, ARCHITECT, TÜBINGEN, 1993, p. 94