Image
Ettore Sottsass
Description
Maker
Ettore Sottsass (Italian, 1917-2007 ), designer
Enorme Corporation (American, early 1980s - ca. 1990), manufacturer
Title
Enorme Telephone
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
plastic, rubber Geography
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Place Made: United States of America
Dimensions
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12.7 x 15.2 x 30.2 cm (5 x 6 x 11 7/8 inches) package
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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.
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Glenn Gissler
Object Number
2007.37 Type
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Enorme Corporation (American, early 1980s - ca. 1990), manufacturer
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