Our featured auction this week is Memphis Design: The Zanone Collection which takes place at Wright in Chicago on October 3.
The auction features more than lots from the revolutionary Italian design group, whose bold and colourful Postmodern 1980s creations were described as “a shotgun wedding between Bauhaus and Fisher-Price”.
Here are 10 lots we’d love to own from Dennis Zanone’s remarkable collection that we’d love to own…
Super lamp by Martine Bedin
Estimate: $700 – $900
France / Italy, 1981
Glazed stoneware, rubber, chrome-plated steel
Nefertiti teapot by Matteo Thun
Estimate: $700 – $900
Italy, 1981
Glazed ceramic 8¼ w × 7¾ d × 7½ h in 21 × 20 × 19 cm
Kristall occasional table by Michele de Lucchi
Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500
Italy, 1981
Laminate, lacquered wood, enameled steel 25 w × 21 d × 24 h in 63 × 53 × 61 cm
Santa Fe ceiling lamps by Matteo Thun
Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500
Alessio Sarri Ceramiche for Memphis
Italy, 1983
Glazed porcelain 12¼ w × 12¼ d × 22 h in 31 × 31 × 56 cm
Bel Air chair by Peter Shire
Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000
USA / Italy, 1982
Lacquered wood, fiberglass, cloth 47 w × 42 d × 49½ h in 119 × 107 × 126 cm
Charlotte cabinet by Martine Bedin
Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000
France / Italy, 1987
Birdseye maple veneer, maple veneer, stained maple veneer, lacquered wood 47 w × 25¾ d × 53 h in 119 × 65 × 135 cm
Bertrand cabinet by Massimo Iosa Ghini
Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000
Italy, 1987
Lacquered wood, chrome-plated steel, enameled steel 89½ w × 21¾ d × 43 h in 227 × 55 × 109 cm
Malabar cabinet by Ettore Sottsass
Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000
Italy, 1982
Laminate over wood, enameled steel, lacquered wood 99½ w × 19¾ d × 93 h in 253 × 50 × 236 cm
Big Sur sofa by Peter Shire
Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000
USA / Italy, 1986
Laminate, upholstery 83 w × 28½ d × 36 h in 211 × 72 × 91 cm
Ginza Robot cabinet by Masanori Umeda
Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000
Japan / Italy, 1982
Laminate over pressboard, chrome 59 w × 21½ d × 68 h in 150 × 55 × 173 cm
