Bay Lamp <br /> by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis

Artist/Designer: Ettore Sottsass  b. 1917 Austria - 2007 Milan, Italy Title: Bay Lamp Medium: Metal, ceramic and plexiglass Dimensions: 19.5" h x 15.5" diameter at base, 14" diameter at top Manufacturer: Memphis Milano. Made in Italy. Details: Ettore Sottsass, the founder of Memphis, designed this new lamp for the Memphis 1983 collection. This example from 2010-2015 production. Includes bulb (1- 42w, E27 base, 230v - 50 HZ). Black electrical cord. Memphis identification tag on back of base. New in original carton. Notes from the Archive: The Bay Lamp illustrates Ettore Sottsass' eagerness to play with the conventions of lighting. He foregoes the lampshade entirely, enclosing the bulb in translucent plastic with orange plexiglass disks used to radiate the light out from the source. The quality of the light is soft, with a magical ambiance of warm light radiating from the center, emphasizing the color of the disks. Sottsass' totemic style in this lamp relate both geometrical