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Check Out David Bowie's Incredible Collection Of Memphis Group Design
Check Out David Bowie's Incredible Collection Of Memphis Group Design
This July, we learned that David Bowie was a fan of Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group after Sotheby's revealed news of the late musician's extensive art collection.Now that the auction house has released the auction catalogs in their entirety, the full extent of Bowie/Memphis love has been revealed—and we are not disappointed.As it turns out, Bowie collected over 100 pieces from the Memphis Group—so many that Sotheby's in London has given them their own separate auction on November 11.
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David Bowie's personal collection of Memphis furniture goes up for auction
David Bowie's personal collection of Memphis furniture goes up for auction
David Bowie's extensive collection of pieces by the Memphis group is set to be auctioned in London.Before his death earlier this year, the musician was an avid collector of works by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and the Milan-based Memphis group.Over the years, he had managed to acquire over 100 pieces, including the iconic Super Lamp by Martine Bedin and Sottsass' Carlton bookcase.
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Ettore Sottsass works in David Bowie's Memphis collection head to auction
Ettore Sottsass works in David Bowie's Memphis collection head to auction
On November 11th in London, Sotheby's will be auctioning off the late great David Bowie's Memphis, Milano collection, which includes works by architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, Aldo Cibic, and Michele De Lucchi, among others.The works embody the Memphis movement's 1980s philosophy of 'New Design' which basically serves as the thesis for postmodernism, or as the movement's website puts it, "a new expressivity in the form of new shapes, materials and patterns."For more on the intersection between music and design:
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