Studio 65
'Bocca' lip-shaped sofa for Gufram, Italy
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LOT 417
Studio 65
'Bocca' lip-shaped sofa for Gufram, Italy
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ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
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Starting at ZAR 35 000
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Cape Town
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Italy
'Bocca' lip-shaped sofa for Gufram, Italy
stylised lips moulded in foam and upholstered in red stretch fabric
1980
manufacturer's label 'GUFRAM MULTIPLI'86 BOCCA 71/1000' stitched to the back
height: 86cm; width: 207cm; depth: 79cm
Notes
This sofa, an iconic Pop Art furniture design, was inspired by the lips in Salvador Dali's surrealist portrait of Mae West.
Gufram is an avant-garde Italian manufacturer famous for transforming domestic furniture into sculptural works. The Bocca sofa sits in the permanent collections of major institutions like the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Design Museum in London.
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