Superbox (green/grey)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The Superbox is a conceptual project of miniature cabinet maquettes, each treated as a minimalist sculpture intended to harmonize the user with the surrounding space. The project was never produced for public consumption, but rather exists in the series of photographs Sottsass took of the models in 1966. In 1969 Poltronova produced several full-scale prototypes from which Sottsass selected two colorways for his 1970 Stockholm exhibition.
Artwork Details
- Title: Superbox (green/grey)
- Artist: Ettore Sottsass (Italian (born Austria), Innsbruck 1917–2007 Milan)
- Manufacturer: Poltronova
- Date: original design, 1966, realized 1969
- Medium: Plastic laminate over plywood
- Dimensions: 80 7/8 × 35 3/8 × 35 3/8 in. (205.4 × 89.9 × 89.9 cm)
- Classification: Furniture
- Credit Line: Collection of Rob Beyer
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art