Image
Ettore Sottsass
Enorme Telephone,
Description
Title
Enorme Telephone
Medium
plastic, rubber
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Techniques
Dimensions
12.7 x 15.2 x 30.2 cm (5 x 6 x 11 7/8 inches) package
Signature / Inscription / Marks
On handset: "ENORME" molded into plastic just above yellow mouthpiece. Molded into plastic on bottom of base, in circle around an impressed sumo wrestler figure, "Designed in Italy by Ettore Sottsass / ENORME". Cover of instruction manual reads "ENORME / TELEPHONE INSTRUCTION MANUAL" with printed sumo wrestler figure.
Place
Place Made: United States of America
Type
Credit
Gift of Glenn Gissler
Object Number
2007.37
About
Enorme Telephone
On handset: "ENORME" molded into plastic just above yellow mouthpiece. Molded into plastic on bottom of base, in circle around an impressed sumo wrestler figure, "Designed in Italy by Ettore Sottsass / ENORME". Cover of instruction manual reads "ENORME / TELEPHONE INSTRUCTION MANUAL" with printed sumo wrestler figure.
Place Made: United States of America
Use
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