Bidspirit auction | OLIVETTI / UNDERWOOD LETTERA 22

OLIVETTI / UNDERWOOD LETTERA 22 TYPEWRITER - This lot features an Olivetti / Underwood Lettera 22 typewriter, made in Italy circa 1950. This typewriter comes in the original case and is in excellent working condition. The Lettera 22 was designed by Marcello Nizzoli in 1950, and was an immediate sensation. It was awarded the Compasso d’oro prize in 1954. In 1959 the Illinois Institute of Technology chose the Lettera 22 as the best design product of the last 100 years. A specimen can be found in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. One of history’s most beautiful writing machines. The height of practicality; poised for speed, and relatively lightweight for a portable from this era, while still maintaining the typical ‘bulletproof’ casing. Comes in a pleasant, timeless blue (in contrast so some of the dated neutrals of the era. These were made in a few countries, including Italy, Spain, Canada, UK, and Mexico.