Mortar and Pestle, Marble Ashtray with Brass Pestle by Tato Italia

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Mortar and Pestle, Marble Ashtray with Brass Pestle by Tato Italia

About the Item

Carrara marble ashtray with solid brass pestle. Re-edition of this beautiful ashtray where the cigarette is turned off by a heavy brass pestle. He used to see a lot of things. Many of them had an effect on him, but he didn’t realize it. Then he began to put one thing in relation to another and suddenly everything got a meaning. That always happened while he was driving his Vespa in the foggy streets of Milan, where signals and prohibitions were no longer visible, cars run slower, traffic lights gave color to the night and all became unreal. He left his house in Via Puccini, in front of the Teatro Dal Verme, right on the corner with Via San Giovanni sul Muro, towards Via Nirone and Via Lanzone. Although everything seemed to be covered with a light white coat, he looked up and saw the Lucio Fontana’s flickering multicolored ceramics that hanged from balconies. He was looking forward to the magnolia blooming in the yard of the adjacent building, designed by Asnago and Vender in the early Fifties. His heart was franticly beating because of an appointment at the Triennale. His words couldn’t keep up with his thoughts. He decided to stop just in front of a house designed by Ignazio Gardella, whose volume almost disappeared in the proportion game of the elements that composed it. He dreamed of a life with his woman in that house: Furnishing it with her, choosing objects and books with her as an expression of their culture and education, smoking the last cigarette with her and finally letting her turn it off with the pestle upon the white concave surface of the marble.

Creator:
Corrado Corradi Dell'acqua (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 2.17 in (5.5 cm)Diameter: 7.88 in (20 cm)
Style:
Modern (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Carrara Marble
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2016
Production Type:
New & Custom(Re-Edition)
Estimated Production Time:
2-3 weeks
Condition:
Seller Location:
Munich, DE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU194734766963