{"id":244202,"date":"2024-12-02T12:49:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=244202"},"modified":"2024-12-02T12:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:49:42","slug":"sottsass-30th-anniversary-collection-paris","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/sottsass-30th-anniversary-collection-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Storied Works By Sottsass On Display In Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 2, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Courtesy of Ge\u0301rard Jonca\/Se\u0300vres\u2013Manufacture and Muse\u0301e Nationaux<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Discover Storied Works By Sottsass On Display In Paris<\/h1>\n\n\n

For its second year, Design Miami.Paris was held at the L\u2019h\u00f4tel de Maisons, where exquisite vintage and new furnishings for sale included Jean Prouv\u00e9\u2019s 1952 prefab Carnac House, Anna Le Corno\u2019s Undergrowth desk composed of mycelium, and a series of vivid, shapely totems made and named after noteworthy historical, literary, and mythical women by Ettore Sottsass for S\u00e8vres. To celebrate the latter collection\u2019s 30th anniversary, the centuries-old French porcelain manufacturer has mounted \u201cSottsass | S\u00e8vres Tempus 1994\u20132024,\u201d a coinciding and still-on-view exhibition at its Paris gallery, reintroducing the same 14 sculptures shown at Design Miami.Paris, plus one wonderful surtout<\/em>, or table centerpiece<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cS\u00e8vres by Sottsass is the most powerful expression of Sottsass\u2019s genius and his dream of eternity,\u201d architect and exhibit curator Charles Zana says of the Memphis Group founder. In fact, the S\u00e8vres pieces, which have such titles as Cle\u0301opa\u0302tre<\/em>, Jos\u00e9phine<\/em>, and Juliette<\/em>, boast hues and shapes that are Memphis reminiscent\u2014and showcase the Italian icon\u2019s ceaseless quest for balance in form, confrontation of materials, and exploration of color. They\u2019re also part of the Mus\u00e9e nationaux de S\u00e8vres\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 22-inch-tall Sybilla<\/em>, named for the prophetic priestesses of ancient times, is featured in \u201cSottsass | S\u00e8vres Tempus 1994\u20132024,\u201d an exhibition of porcelain works by Ettore Sottsass at Galerie de S\u00e8vres in Paris through November 30. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Juliette<\/em> (for Juliet of Romeo and Juliet<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Diane<\/em> (for Diane de Poitiers, King Henry II’s mistress).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jos\u00e9phine<\/em> (for Jos\u00e9phine de Beauharnais, Napoleon\u2019s first wife).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Esmeralda<\/em> (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame<\/em> heroine).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tseui<\/em> (China\u2019s last empress).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n