9.17.2012

karl lagerfeld's memphis collection @ sotheby's

I got this amazing 90s
Sotheby's catalog in the mail today.
"The Memphis Collection of 
Karl Lagerfeld"
It's so great! 
Filled with things I had never seen before.
Here are some of my favorite pages....

Karl's pad circa 1990

Michele De Lucci, Martine Bedin.
the lower row all Ettore Sottsass
"Oceanic", "Super" "Treetops"
"Cavalieri" and "Callimaco" Lamps
Memphis
1981-83

Matteo Thun
Teapots with names too long for me to type!
Memphis
1982

Matteo Thun
"Gallus Italicus" Teapots
Alessio Sarri-Sesto Fiorentino
1982

Ettore Sottsass
"Beverly" Cabinet
Memphis
1981

Masanori Umeda
"Tawaraya" Party Ring
Memphis
1981

Gerard Taylor
"Tennessee" Rug
Memphis
1981

Peter Shire
"Anchorage" Teapot
Memphis
1982

Andrea Branzi
"Beach" Lounge Chair
Memphis
1983

Studio Memphis
Televisions
Brionvega
1981

Arata Isozaki
"Fuji" Cabinets
Memphis
1981

Martine Bedin and Thomas Bley
"Eastern" and "Astor" Lamps
Memphis
1981-82

George James Snowden
"Excelsior", "American" and "Pierre" Clocks
Memphis
1981

Javier Mariscal
Table
Memphis
1981

Martine Bedin, Michele De Lucci, Ettore Sottsass
and Martine Bedin
"Splendid", "Grand", "King's" 
and "Terminus" Lamps
Memphis
1981-83

3 comments:

  1. it all starting to look really good aint it ?

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  2. looks all cool, but branzi was already somewhere else what a great piece. can you find that for me mr. mondoblogo ?

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  3. Lagerfeld had the best collection of Memphis by far since he knew Sottsass and ordered almost every piece, even prototypes and one of a kind Memphis pieces that I've never seen. We are planning a museum exhibition of Memphis design in 2014. Updates will be made through my Facebook page.

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